| The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 Contributor(s): James, Henry (Editor), James, William (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798674117032 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Biography & Autobiography |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.6 lbs) 500 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "WHETHER William James was compressing his correspondence into brief messages, or allow-ing it to expand into copious letters, he could not write a page that was not free, animated, and characteristic. Many of his correspondents pre-served his letters, and examination of them soon showed that it would be possible to make a selec-tion which should not only contain certain letters that clearly deserved to be published because of their readable quality alone, but should also in-clude letters that were biographical in the best sense. For in the case of a man like James the bio-graphical question to be answered is not, as with a man of affairs: How can his actions be ex-plained? but rather: What manner of being was he? What were his background and education? and, above all, What were his temperament and the bias of his mind? What native instincts, pref-erences, and limitations of view did he bring with him to his business of reading the riddle of the Universe? His own informal utterances throw the strongest light on such questions." |