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An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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