"The advantage of the animal over the vegetable kingdom is obvious. The cabbage, should its environment tend to become worse, must live it out, or die; the rabbit may move on in quest of a better."
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William James January 11, 1842 to August 26, 1910 Born in New York City & Died in Chocorua, New Hampshire Psychologist, philosopher and author who was the godson of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the brother of Henry James.
Quote "The gods we stand by are the gods we need and can use, the gods whose demands on us are reinforcements of our demands on ourselves and on one another."
Off-Site Resource A Good William James Page From Wikipedia
Bibliography The Principles of Psychology - 1890 (2 volumes) Psychology (Briefer Course) - 1892 The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy - 1897 Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine - 1897 Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals - 1899 The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - 1902 Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking - 1907 A Pluralistic Universe - 1909 The Meaning of Truth - 1909 Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy - 1911 Memories and Studies - 1911 Essays in Radical Empiricism - 1912 Collected Essays and Reviews - 1920
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"The advantage of the animal over the vegetable kingdom is obvious. The cabbage, should its environment tend to become worse, must live it out, or die; the rabbit may move on in quest of a better."
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