William James Quote

For the philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.


Lecture I, The Present Dilemma in Philosophy - Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)


For the philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply...

For the philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply...

For the philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply...

For the philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply...