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About William James
American philosopher and psychologist
William James was an American philosopher and psychologist. He lived in the late 19th century and is often called the father of American psychology. He has 152 quotes on the site. He was the first educator to teach a psychology course in the United States. James is regarded as one of the leading thinkers of his time and as one of the most influential philosophers. His work helped shape the study of psychology in America.
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- “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”William James
- “In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.”William James
- “An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.”William James
- “The mind is at every stage a theater of simultaneous possibilities. Consciousness consists in the comparison…”William James
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- “...to speak of them out loud, to speak of their hunger and pain and loneliness and humour, to make them visib…”Eve Ensler
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Books by William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience
1902
Pluralistic Universe
1909