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William James Quotes

William James quotes about philosophy

American Philosopher, Psychologist January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910

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Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile. William James
William James quote: "The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a..."
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. William James
William James quote: "A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and..."
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates. William James
William James quote: "Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly."
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. William James
Philosophy, beginning in wonder, as Plato and Aristotle said, is able to fancy everything different from what it is. It sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices. William James
William James quote: "Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our..."
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation. William James

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