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William James Quotes
«Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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category, co, distinct, one species, ordinate
«Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible; and as the test of belief is willingness to act, one may say that faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
certified, certify, in advance, theoretically
«Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention. . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them.»