William James Quote

The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to help us to catch ourselves up and check ourselves, if we start to reason or to behave wrongly; and to criticise ourselves more articulately after we have made mistakes.


Talks to Teachers and Students (ed. 1900)


The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to...

The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to...

The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to...

The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to...