The idea has grown up that the scientific approach can alone properly be said to be intellectual, whereas the approach of religion cannot, and that therefore the tendency of religion is to impede intellectuality. This is not to be wondered at in people for whom the word "intellectuality" implies no more than conformity to the scientific approach; but if the goal of intellectuality is not a better understanding of the origin, nature and end of man and of the universe, what is it? It is just such an understanding that religion claims to offer, and in so far as that claim is justified, religion, very far from impeding intellectuality, is an essential part of it.


Intellectual Freedom (1971)

Walter James Quotes

The idea has grown up that the scientific approach can alone properly be said to be intellectual, whereas the approach of religion cannot, and that...

The idea has grown up that the scientific approach can alone properly be said to be intellectual, whereas the approach of religion cannot, and that...

The idea has grown up that the scientific approach can alone properly be said to be intellectual, whereas the approach of religion cannot, and that...

The idea has grown up that the scientific approach can alone properly be said to be intellectual, whereas the approach of religion cannot, and that...