Perhaps You’re Not Making Enough Use of It. My Conversation with Agnes Callard
I, too, wish that I could have a conversation with William James. He is a key figure in American intellectual life and seems to get so little attention now.
Totally agree. I read ‘Varieties of Religious Experience’ about 12 or 13 years ago but that’s the extent of my experience with him.
I always start a new notebook with my favorite William James aphorism: "My experience is what I choose to attend to."
It combines the Stoic wisdom of Epectitus and Marcus Aurelius, with an American sense of agency and pragmatism.
Surprisingly concise answers. Thank you Joel.
My pleasure! But Agnes supplied the answers! I just served as the foil.
I, too, wish that I could have a conversation with William James. He is a key figure in American intellectual life and seems to get so little attention now.
Totally agree. I read ‘Varieties of Religious Experience’ about 12 or 13 years ago but that’s the extent of my experience with him.
I always start a new notebook with my favorite William James aphorism: "My experience is what I choose to attend to."
It combines the Stoic wisdom of Epectitus and Marcus Aurelius, with an American sense of agency and pragmatism.
Surprisingly concise answers. Thank you Joel.
My pleasure! But Agnes supplied the answers! I just served as the foil.