"The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs……" — William James

The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his… - William James

"The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and ones own biography remain untouched. New truth is always a go-between, a smoother-over of transitions. It marries old opinion to new fact so as ever to show a minimum of jolt, a maximum of continuity."

— William James

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