"The great ages in history, he says, “have said to the human being, ‘the inmost nature of the reality is congenial to powers which you possess.’” This may sound to us like an optimism the culture has outlived. But he may only be describing an exceptionalism we dread to acknowledge."
— Marilynne Robinson on William James’ philosophical method, snipped from her review of Robert Richardson’s anthology of seventeen James essays, The Heart of William James in The Nation, November 23rd, 2010. Read the whole piece here.
