The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
A work by William James
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What korrents draws from it
No point of view can show the world as one absolutely single fact, Religious ferment signals a vigorous society; faiths harm only when they forget they are hypotheses, Our passions may and must decide a genuine option that intellect cannot settle …
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- There are 19 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
- Its full text is free to read on Project Gutenberg.
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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No point of view can show the world as one absolutely single fact (opens korrents.com)1
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Religious ferment signals a vigorous society; faiths harm only when they forget they are hypotheses (opens korrents.com)1
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Our passions may and must decide a genuine option that intellect cannot settle (opens korrents.com)1
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Holding any opinion as never open to revision is a tremendously mistaken attitude (opens korrents.com)1
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Errors are not so solemn; lightness of heart beats excessive fear of being wrong (opens korrents.com)1
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Some facts cannot come about at all unless faith in them comes first (opens korrents.com)1
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