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Memories and Studies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Name: Memories and Studies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Author: William James
ISBN: 9781411462854

by William James

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Overview

This posthumous (1911) collection of some of James’s most popular speeches and essays demonstrates his wide interests and restless intellect. Included are “The Moral Equivalent of War,” “On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake,” “Final Impressions of a Psychical Researcher,” “The Ph.D. Octopus,” “Remarks at the Peace Banquet,” “Herbert Spencer’s Autobiography,” and more.

Synopsis

This posthumous (1911) collection of some of James's most popular speeches and essays demonstrates his wide interests and restless intellect. Included are "The Moral Equivalent of War, " "On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake, " "Final Impressions of a Psychical Researcher, " "The Ph.D. Octopus, " "Remarks at the Peace Banquet, " "Herbert Spencer's Autobiography, " and more.

About the Author, William James

William James (1842-1910) was the elder brother of the novelist Henry James and a key figure in American philosophy and psychology. His best known and most influential work, still quite readable today, is The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), which approaches the subject of religion from a scientific, psychological—yet refreshingly open-minded—standpoint.