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An operation that eventually kills may be technically successful, and the man may die cured; and so a description of religion that showed it to be madness might first show how real and warm it was, so that if it perished, at least it would perish understood. - George Santayana
Attribution: George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher, essayist. (Originally published 1920). Character and Opinion in the United States, ch. 3, Doubleday Anchor (1956). On William James’ work on religion.

Categories: Essayist, Philosopher, Religion

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