"He aims at being a sort of Napoleon of the intellectual world. Unfortunately he will never have a Waterloo, for he is a Napoleon without genius and with no central idea which, if defeated, brings down the whole fabric in ruin."
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Letter to Carl Stumpf, Feb. 6, 1887.THE THOUGHT AND CHARACTER OF WILLIAM JAMES VOLUME II. PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY.By
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Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physician, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology.
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