 | William James - 1902 - 558 pagine
...character is the character for which spiritual emotions are the habitual centre of the personal energy; and there is a certain composite photograph of universal saintliness, the same in all religions, of which the features can easily be traced.2 They are these: — i. A feeling of being in a wider life... | |
 | William James - 1988 - 1410 pagine
...character is the character for which spiritual emotions are the habitual centre of the personal energy; and there is a certain composite photograph of universal saintliness, the same in all religions, of which the features can easily be traced.2 They are these: — i. A feeling of being in a wider life... | |
 | Catherine Cornille - 1991 - 228 pagine
...the saints are closer to one another than the teachings which they profess.28 William James spoke of "a certain composite photograph of universal saintliness, the same in all religions, of which the features can easily be traced."29 These universal features are, according to James, a... | |
 | Scott Alan Kugle - 2006 - 329 pagine
...character is the character for which spiritual emotions are the habitual center of the personal energy; and there is a certain composite photograph of universal saintliness, the same in all religions."7 This simple statement initiated the comparative study of saints, for James states that... | |
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The saintly character is the character for which spiritual emotions are the habitual centre of the personal energy; and there is a certain composite photograph of universal saintliness, the same in all religions, of which the features can easily be traced. 