 |
|
 |
 |
 |
PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, psychologist > William James
Whatever universe a...
Vendor: PHILOSOPHY
Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!
Source: Pragmatism, Lecture 1, The Present Dilemma in Philosophy (1907).
-- William James, (Jan 11 1842-1910), US philosopher, psychologist; He was one of the founders of pragmatism and wrote The Meaning of Truth, 1909.