Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
William James
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Principles of Psychology, Volume I (1890); Exact wording and attribution checked. Examines why an instantaneous present cannot be grasped in immediate experience.
- The Principles of Psychology, Volume I (1890)
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