Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.
William James Quotes
‘The true’ to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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| Birth: | 11th January, 1842 |
| Death: | 26th August, 1910 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Psychologist |
