In short, the practically cognized present is no knife-edge, but a saddle-back, with a certain breadth of its own on which we sit perched, and from which we look in two directions into time.
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. James’s own explanation following a separately marked quotation from E. R. Clay.
- The Principles of Psychology, Volume I (1890)
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