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"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it." -- William James
This article is about the American psychologist and philosopher. For other people named William James see William James
William James (January 11, 1842 — August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher who was trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and on the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James.

William James was born at the Astor House in New York City. He was the son of Henry James Sr., an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. The intellectual brilliance of the James family milieu and the remarkable epistolary talents of several of its members have made them a subject of continuing interest to historians, biographers, and critics.

James interacted with a wide array of writers and scholars throughout his life, including his godfather Ralph Waldo Emerson, his godson William James Sidis, as well as Charles Sanders Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Josiah Royce, Ernst Mach, John Dewey, Walter Lippmann, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, Jr., Henri Bergson and Sigmund Freud.

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The Varieties of Religious Experience
1997 - The Varieties of Religious Experience (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780684842974
ISBN-10: 0684842971
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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