{"id":2759,"date":"2023-06-03T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T15:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/william-james-on-the-most-vital-understanding-for-successful-relationships-the-marginalian\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T15:43:43","slug":"william-james-on-the-most-vital-understanding-for-successful-relationships-the-marginalian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/william-james-on-the-most-vital-understanding-for-successful-relationships-the-marginalian\/","title":{"rendered":"William James on the Most Vital Understanding for Successful Relationships \u2013 The Marginalian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To be human is to continually mistake our frames of reference<\/a> for reality itself. We so readily forget that our vantage point is but a speck on the immense plane of possible perspectives. We so readily forget that there are infinitely many kinds of beautiful lives<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The discipline of countering our reflex for self-righteousness is a triumph of existential maturity \u2014 one increasingly rare in a culture where most people would rather armor themselves with judgment than tremble with uncertainty, would rather be right than understand.<\/p>\n

The pioneering psychologist and philosopher William James<\/strong> (January 11, 1842\u2013August 26, 1910) explores the making of that triumph in a pair of wonderful lectures \u2014 \u201cOn a Certain Blindness in Human Beings\u201d and \u201cWhat Makes Life Significant\u201d \u2014 posthumously collected in the 1911 volume Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life\u2019s Ideals<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (public library<\/em><\/a> | public domain<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

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