On some of life's ideals : On a certain blindness in human beings; What makes a life significant / by William James.
"This book is divided into two sections: On a certain blindness in human beings and What makes a life significant. In my previous talk, 'On a Certain Blindness, ' I tried to make you feel how soaked and shot-through life is with values and meanings which we fail to realize because of...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
H. Holt and Co.,
1912.
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "This book is divided into two sections: On a certain blindness in human beings and What makes a life significant. In my previous talk, 'On a Certain Blindness, ' I tried to make you feel how soaked and shot-through life is with values and meanings which we fail to realize because of our external and insensible point of view. The meanings are there for the others, but they are not there for us. There lies more than a mere interest of curious speculation in understanding this. It has the most tremendous practical importance. I wish that I could convince you of it as I feel it myself. It is the basis of all our tolerance, social, religious, and political. The forgetting of it lies at the root of every stupid and sanguinary mistake that rulers over subject-peoples make. The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. No one has insight into all the ideals. No one should presume to judge them offhand. The pretension to dogmatize about them in each other is the root of most human injustices and cruelties, and the trait in human character most likely to make the angels weep. For the remainder of this hour I invite you to seek with me some principle to make our tolerance less chaotic. And, as I began my previous lecture by a personal reminiscence, I am going to ask your indulgence for a similar bit of egotism now"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Reprinted from Talks to teachers on psychology. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 pages l., 3-94 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |