The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

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After I read this, I posted the cover on LinkedIn so likeminded souls could reap the wisdom of the ages.

New. I love books! Have seen his work referenced many times in other literature. I had to have my own copy!

Very small print makes it real difficult to read each page. Look for an edition that shows more pages in the book itself so that tiny print will be unlikely. Wm James focuses on the internal aspects of a person and explores their needs to embrace a higher power and a particular institution of religion. They style of writing goes back almost 125 years since these lectures were delivered to groups, so it’s not easy reading

The language in this book is sort of hard to grasp for me to be honest, but that made me put a lot of care into interpreting the meaning of each sentence, so it was a very arduous and fulfilling reading experience. I enjoyed how methodical the lectures are. In the first chapter WJ makes a comparison to dissection in the study of physiology and u would say it’s pretty apt for what he’s trying to do. 4/5 because the texture of the cover causes it to accumulate dust and grime very easily.

Great for staying spiritually fit!!

Font size is very, very small. Though the font size probably reduces number of pages and therefore book weight it is almost illegible. Had to return book which was a shame as I was looking forward to reading the content.

This edition omits key "Content" info that the real "American Library" expensive edition of James' writings contains. James' material is too worthy of appreciation to read it in this cheap, omitted "Contents", omitted citations, just the text. I tossed this once I got the American Library high quality properly indexed, contents noted, and notations noted, edition, which is 20 bucks more, but James' content is so worthy, get the good edition of it.

I started reading this book and was astonished at the contents of the Preface and Introduction, which did not seem to relate to this book at all. I decided to put some of the text into Google. In both cases the text showed up as coming from the classic The Swiss Family Robinson ! This is very sloppy work by the publisher. How they could let the book go on sale like this is incredible. I returned the book for refund.

And i have good eyesight. Very difficult to read