American - Philosopher | January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
William James
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Man lives for science as well as bread.
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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
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To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.
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