Varieties of Religious Experience – William James
The course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents. Percepts versus abstract concepts-Happiness is man’s chief concern-Healthy-mindedness and repentance- Heterogeneous personality- Sudden conversion- Testing human value of its fruits- Mysticism defined- Primacy of feeling in religion- Philosophy a secondary function- Aesthetic elements in religion- Summary of religious characteristics
Religion and Neurology – Varieties of Religious Experience
The question, What are the religious propensities? and the question, What is their philosophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view;
RELIGION OF HEALTHY-MINDEDNESS – William James
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
Kierkegaard – My Depression is the Most Faithful Mistress
You can survive feelings like, “My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known – no wonder, then, that I return the love.” – Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or
Fooled – Kierkegaard – Relation Between Truth and Belief
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Søren Kierkegaard, Thoughts of God
Kierkegaard – People Exchange Thought for Speech: Freedom
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ― Søren Kierkegaard