It seems a priori improbable that the truth should be so nicely adjusted to our needs and powers... In the great boardinghouse of nature, the cakes and the butter and the syrup seldom come out so even and leave the plates so clean.


The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, The Will to Believe, Section VIII (p. 27), Dover Publications, Inc. 1956

William James Quotes

It seems a priori improbable that the truth should be so nicely adjusted to our needs and powers... In the great boardinghouse of nature, the cakes...

It seems a priori improbable that the truth should be so nicely adjusted to our needs and powers... In the great boardinghouse of nature, the cakes...

It seems a priori improbable that the truth should be so nicely adjusted to our needs and powers... In the great boardinghouse of nature, the cakes...

It seems a priori improbable that the truth should be so nicely adjusted to our needs and powers... In the great boardinghouse of nature, the cakes...