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Agassiz put him on the ship and took him up the Amazon and literally threw him off the boat. And in that moment was born every aspect of William James’s philosophy, which is that you cannot think your way to right action, you have to act your way to right thinking. And from that came the James idea of pragmatism, that the good is what works, and th
... See moreDavid Milch • Life's Work: A Memoir
We’re talking about what psychologists today would describe as the “adaptive unconscious.” Timothy Wilson, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, has described this in his important book Strangers to Ourselves (a very Augustinian title!). Over the past twenty years psychology has come to appreciate the overwhelming influence of “nonconscious
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
William James, the father of research psychology in the United States, said “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
Meg Jay • The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
philosopher and psychologist William James expressed an insight that is so simple yet so profound that it changes how we view ourselves: “A new life is but a new mind.”
John Kehoe • Quantum Warrior | The Future of the Mind
The Six Steps to Cosmic Consciousness: A Pioneering Theory of Transcendence by the 19th-Century Psychiatrist and Adventurer Maurice Bucke
When William James, the renowned American psychologist, said, “The deepest human need is to be appreciated,” he wasn’t making a casual heart-warming statement to soothe. Through decades of studying people, he saw the core emotional need we have is for our concerns and needs to be seen and acknowledged.