42 Quotes by William James about Men



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    Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and passion co-operate just as they do in practical affairs; and lucky it is if the passion be not something as petty as a love of personal conquest over the philosopher across the way.

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    The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's.

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    A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

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    Men's activities are occupied into ways -- in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.

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    What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

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    Men are now proud of belonging to a conquering nation, and without a murmur they lay down their persons and their wealth, if by so doing they may fend off subjection.

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