If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be… - William James

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If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

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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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