Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
William JamesAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher, Psychologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 11, 1842
- Died: August 26, 1910
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