William James Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910
Birthday: January 11
Death: August 26
A Beethoven string-quartet is truly, as some one has said, a scraping of horses' tails on cats' bowels, and may be exhaustively described in such terms; but the application of this description in no way precludes the simultaneous applicability of an entirely different description.
source: William James (2015). “Essays in Popular Philosophy: Top Essays”, p.51, 谷月社
topic: Horse, Cat, Science, Bowels, String Quartets, Scraping
