tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391189867851663743.post9020899948445793292..comments2023-06-14T08:24:49.862-04:00Comments on the proper prophet: thought and action.prophethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13585247863545530615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391189867851663743.post-86156543948666966092008-03-20T06:45:00.000-04:002008-03-20T06:45:00.000-04:00Wow! Thank you, prophet! This list rocks! You rock...Wow! Thank you, prophet! This list rocks! You rock!Lee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679175637515488525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391189867851663743.post-24014723507092125582008-03-19T12:30:00.000-04:002008-03-19T12:30:00.000-04:00I would say his Varieties of Religious Experience:...I would say his <I>Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature</I> would be insightful, insofar as James talks of healthy- and sick-mindedness and/or the "sick soul". . . . <BR/><BR/>Another book I found interesting was Louis Menand's <I>The Metaphysical Club</I>, which talks about the relationship between many of the thinkers of that time: Peirce, Dewey, James, Holmes - and prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585247863545530615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6391189867851663743.post-65461454957573880322008-03-19T09:16:00.000-04:002008-03-19T09:16:00.000-04:00I'm about to head into William James territory, mo...I'm about to head into William James territory, mostly biographical and his ideas on invalidism. <BR/><BR/>Alice James was an invalid, and I'm interested in knowing just what he felt about invalidism. Their father, Henry Sr., believed that everyone should achieve "greatness" even if that greatness was in doing nothing. Be a spectacular failure! <BR/><BR/>Alice James wanted to die really well. SheLee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679175637515488525noreply@blogger.com