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Be Not Afraid of Life - William James

Be Not Afraid of Life

In the Words of William James

(Autor)

John Kaag, Jonathan Van Belle (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
392 Seiten
2025
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21537-2 (ISBN)
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A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James

William James—psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker—is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life’s meaning and worth, and whose ideas not only change how people think, but how they live. The thinker who helped found the philosophy of pragmatism and inspire Alcoholics Anonymous, James famously asked “is life worth living?” Bringing together many of his best and most popular essays, talks, and other writings, this anthology presents James’s answer to that and other existential questions, in his own unique manner—caring, humorous, eloquent, incisive, humble, and forever on the trail of the “ever not quite.”

Here we meet a James perfectly attuned to the concerns of today—one who argues for human freedom, articulates a healthy-minded psychology, urges us to explore the stream of consciousness, presents a new definition of truth based on its practical consequences, and never forecloses the possibility of mystical transcendence. Introduced by John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle, these compelling and accessible selections reveal why James is one of the great guides to the business of living.

John Kaag is chair and professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and the author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life, American Philosophy: A Love Story, and Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. Jonathan van Belle is an independent scholar of philosophy and the author of Zenithism.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 133 x 203 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 0-691-21537-5 / 0691215375
ISBN-13 978-0-691-21537-2 / 9780691215372
Zustand Neuware
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