William James in his appearance was the embodiment of youth to the end of his days. His figure, about five feet eight inches in height, was light and buoyant, so that he seemed to spring as he walked.

William James was a manly and a radiant being. Loving and loved, he made all men think, and helped many a doubting soul to feel a man's glow of hope and courage, each for his own work This was a ...

In this sense, William James could easily be seen as the patron saint of post-materialist science. James’ work was so wide-ranging that I have only touched on a tiny fragment of his theories here.

William James, who would become best known for his work “The Varieties of Religious Experience,” was even more forceful, writing to H.G. Wells that, “The moral flabbiness born of the ...

William James was, of course, the 15-months-older brother of the novelist Henry James, and the eldest of the five children—four sons and a daughter—of Henry James Sr. and his wife, Alice.

FOR William James the ‘ facts ’ of chief importance in the universe were persons. He began his thinking from that end. Among those who have earned the name of philosopher there is none whose ...