“ Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust. ”
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). copy citation
| Author | William James |
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| Source | The Varieties of Religious Experience |
| Topic | disgust good |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/621/621-h/621-h.html |
Context
“The thought of his house, of his home, of his wife, and of his absent children moved him as little, he said, as a theorem of Euclid.”76
Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust. A temporary condition of this sort, connected with the religious evolution of a singularly lofty character, both intellectual and moral, is well described by the Catholic philosopher, Father Gratry, in his autobiographical recollections.”
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