Where torture has been long applied we find that it is developed to grades of incredible horror.

William Graham Sumner

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Topic

Torture

Author

William Graham Sumner

Source

Folkways

Genre

Sociology Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Academic Writer

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United States

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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 5.

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The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

William James

Pragmatism

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Topic
Worldview Meaning of life

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William James
Source
Pragmatism
Genre
Philosophical speech
Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.