Accounts of the history of pragmatism in philosophy have usually been confined to American and, more recently, European thought from the late nineteenth century to the present. Attempts have sometimes been made to widen its scope by discussing similarities between modern Western pragmatism and aspects...
It’s an impossible expectation, but Father James is a living example. Living, breathing, and dying. A man who was just as prepared to forgive those who despised him as much as he loved those ones who actually cared. Kudos to Brendan Gleeson for a truly stirring portrayal. 4/5 Stars “...
According to Caroline Myss, America was the nation that birthed the archetype of the self. As a country, it honors freedom, independence, and self-empowerment; so it’s no wonder that tribal initiations are not a huge part of the culture (and this also goes for much of the modern weste...
Membership.Membership encompasses a sense of belonging and community; The cultural and social structures we are immersed in and through which we seek, what William James, the founder of modern psychology called man’s most fundamental need – to be understood and appreciated. Having a sense of be...
In anyevent,the relationshipbetweenthepsychologicalandthespiritualselfcanbe fur-therunderstoodin lightof thecontributionof thelatepracticaltheologianJamesE. Loder.Inhis words:“Beinghumanentailsenvironment,selfhood,thepossibilityof nonbeing,and thepossibilityof newbeing.All fourdimensionsare essential, andnone...
Or as the poet William Cowper put it: “How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper—solitude is sweet.” Read the Other Articles in the Series An Introduction Study & Self-Examination ...
Consider, for example, the most famous passage in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which offers technê-zen as an organic and deeply natural way of living with technology rather than fighting against it: Their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha, the ...
~ William James It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ~ Sholom Aleichem Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. ...
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To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love. —William Hazlitt ...