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«We keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.»
«Truth happens to an idea.»
«I personally gave up the Absolute . . . I fully believe in taking moral holidays.»
«Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
definable, discourse, lends, lengthy, professor, professorial
«The conceptions acquired before thirty remain usually the only ones we ever gain.»
«If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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grace of God, miraculously, subliminal
«Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.»
«Evil is a disease; and worry over disease is itself an additional form of disease, which only adds to the original complaint.»
«The perfection of rottenness.»
«I think you will practically recognise the two types of mental make-up that I mean if I head the columns by the titles `tender-minded' and `tough-minded' respectively.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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columns, practically, recognise, respectively, titles
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