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The world is one only as far as its parts connect, and many where they do not
Drawn from what William James said
What William James actually said
- William James American philosopher and psychologist (1842 to 1910)
The world is one just so far as its parts hang together by any definite connexion. It is many just so far as any definite connexion fails to obtain.
Where this was said
↗Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)gutenberg.org
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