“Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt, fear, remorse, or anger can seize upon one are known to everybody. . . . And emotions that come in this explosive way seldom leave things as they found them.”
This volume encompasses a selection of writings, including essays and other literary pieces, spanning the years 1902 to 1910. The content reflects the author's perspectives and creative expressions during that period. more
William James, born on January 11, 1842, and died on August 26, 1910, was an influential American philosopher, psychologist, and writer. He is considered one of the founders of functionalism in psychology and has had a profound impact on the fields of psychology, philosophy, and religion. more
“Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise.”
“Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.”
“Marriage enlarges the Scene of our Happiness and Miseries.”