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I have long defended to my own students the lawfulness of voluntarily adopted faith; but as soon as they have got well imbued with the logical spirit, they have as a rule refused to admit my contention to be lawful philosophically, even though in point of fact they were personally all the time chock-full of some faith or other themselves.I am all the while, however, so profoundly convinced that my own position is correct, that your invitation has seemed to me a good occasion to make my statements more clear. Perhaps your minds will be more open than those with which I have hitherto had to deal.I will be as little technical as I can, though I must begin by setting up some technical distinctions that will help us in the end.From the ForwardGet Your Copy Now.

The Varieties of Religious Experience explores the psychology of private religious and mystical experiences, using a range of examples to identify commonalities in such experiences across traditions. Soon after its publication, the book entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print ever since.

Neste livro clássico, e altamente influente, William James, médico, psicólogo e filósofo norte-americano, considerado o pai do pragmatismo, nos traz, nessa que é tida como uma das obras filosóficas mais lidas do mundo, uma visão revolucionária sobre a religião e seus princípios filosóficos e psicológicos, na qual ele considerada as religiões como uma vivência interna e transformadora, e não apenas como uma crença na experiência alheia. Seus comentários sobre conversão, arrependimento, misticismo e santidade, e suas observações acerca de experiências religiosas verdadeiras, pessoais, dão embasamento a essa tese. Numa abordagem original, James nos traz os conceitos básicos do que viria a ser nomeado como Psicologia Transpessoal, restituindo à Psicologia o seu objetivo verdadeiro e último: experienciar o Real em nossas vidas.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The principles of psychology - Vol. 2 ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1890.Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur. Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler sind heute nur noch als Antiquitäten erhältlich. Hansebooks verlegt diese Bücher neu und trägt damit zum Erhalt selten gewordener Literatur und historischem Wissen auch für die Zukunft bei.

Is Life Worth Living? is a tiny book about some of life's big questions. How do you find meaning in your life? Why do people fall into despair and depression? And how can these feelings be overcome? Almost fifty years before Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, William James discovers that feelings of pessimism and melancholy can be defeated through the power of action and struggle, and that life's meaning is created through your own actions.