Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human p…

William James
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Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. ✨ William James, Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, Ignas K. Skrupskelis (1979). Some Problems of Philosophy, p.199, Harvard University Press
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Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. ✨ William James, Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, Ignas K. Skrupskelis (1979). Some Problems of Philosophy, p.199, Harvard University Press

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