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Merely Quotes by William James
- The further limits of our being plunge, it seems to me, into an altogether other dimension of existence from the sensible and merely understandable world.…
- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
- If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
- If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as…
- Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
- Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . .…
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