Word: endeavorment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
James sadly commented on the conflict between different Me's; but, as usual, he concluded in an optimistic and morally educative fashion. His remarks provide a glimpse of the personal aims of his philosophical and psychological endeavor. "Not that I would not, if I could, be both handsome and fat and well dressed, and a great athlete, and make a million a year, be a wit, a bon-vivant, and a lady-killer, as well as a philosopher.... But the thing is simply impossible.... Such different characters may conceivably at the outset of life be alike possible...
...James did not have so much of his life invested in abstract theorizing that he could feel compelled to enshrine truth as a self-evident end-in-itself. He did not hesitate to demand from logical systems the same credentials that he required from every other product of human endeavor. That is, he persistently demanded evidence of their value for life...
This theme appeared in a recent Washington press conference where Rockefeller said he was unable to understand why American supported "freedom fighters" in South Vietnam while "we are holding them back in Cuba." "And I hope," he added, "it is not as a means or as an endeavor to appease the Soviets...
...neither of these cases did he added, "it is not as a means or as an endeavor to appease the Soviets...
...similar vein, Kerr warned that federal subsidies should go to those areas of endeavor that are most vigorous at the time, and most in need of help. He said that "imbalance" has often been conducive to maximum creativity, as when the physical sciences received the large bulk of federal aid after World War II. Kerr asserted that the government must remain flexible in these matters, and cited the biological sciences and the creative arts as two areas that might become increasingly worthy of federal, and university concern...