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" Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. "
William James
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" To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being. "
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" Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. "
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