What did William James mean by: Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA Copy
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Grace, Miraculous, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
+ The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man’s nature. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, William James, Instinct, Nature, Possession, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Gratitude, Recognition, Validation, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
+ Man lives for science as well as bread. Author, August 8, 2023January 2, 2025, William James, Purpose, Science, Survival, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Harmony, Order, Unseen, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Asceticism, Disgust, Hardship, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Change, Perspective, Progress, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William James, Balance, Impulse, Reason, 0 William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France