The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest… - William James

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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths

William James

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William James (11 January 1842 – 26 August 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism, and wrote influential books on the science of psychology, the psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism.

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What right have we to believe Nature under any obligation to do her work by means of complete minds only? She may find an incomplete mind a more suitable instrument for a particular purpose.

The most significant characteristic of modern civilization is the sacrifice of the future for the present, and all the power of science has been prostituted to this purpose.

In its broadest term, religion says that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in rightful relations to it.

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