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Every claim creates an obligation.

William James

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
W. James
Claims
Every
Claim
Creates
Obligation

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Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it
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Agisci come se quel che fai, facesse la differenza. La fa!
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Instinct leads, logic does but follow.
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Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
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You do not sing because you're happy, you're happy because you sing.
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If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.
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