I have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!"

William James

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Character The self Personality

Author

William James

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Psychologist Academic Philosopher

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United States

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Citation

James, William. Letter to Alice Gibbons James. 1878.

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Author

Henry Fielding
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Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Andrew Millar, 1749, bk. 15, ch. 1.

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Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, edited by Alice Wakely. Penguin Classics, 2005.