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Quotation from The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
“By their fruits ye shall know them, not by their roots”
The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I: Religion and Neurology
James adapts the Gospel saying into his empiricist criterion for judging religious experience.
Citation: "By their fruits ye shall know them, not by their roots" — William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I: Religion and Neurology. (id the-varieties-of-religious-experience-q2)
Portrait: William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped), Alice Boughton, Public domain.
