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The true is what is expedient in thinking, as the right is in behaving
Drawn from what William James said
What William James actually said
- William James American philosopher and psychologist (1842 to 1910)
'The true,' to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
Where this was said
↗Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)gutenberg.org
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