William James Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910
Birthday: January 11
Death: August 26
A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will bring the worm at the core of all our usual springs of delight into full view, and turn us into melancholy metaphysicians.
source: William James (2013). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.140, Courier Corporation
topic: Pain, Spring, Loss, Descent, Pain Threshold, Cooling
