[MD] Reifying carrots

[MarshaV]

Mostly pill pushers, but not all.  



On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:44 PM, 118 wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> Yes, open in a way, but very directed by the concept of psychology.
> This is a construct that is used to control and confuse.  In today's
> world it is very prevalent, and our saviors are now psychologists.
> What a racket!
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:46 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Mark,
>> 
>> I'm not sure what you mean.  My point was the influence of Eastern
>> thought.  James seems to have been open to new ideas and quite
>> dynamic.
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:53 PM, 118 wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> Yeah, James was pretty smart until he got into psychology.  Then he
>>> just became another hack.  What a waste.
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:21 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Buddhism planted the seeds in James:
>>>> 
>>>> James's biography clearly states he had read and reread
>>>> Upanishad and Buddhist texts, texts that belonged to his
>>>> father.  This would have been around 1870.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's a list of some of the books:
>>>> 
>>>>    Modern Buddhist - Alabaster
>>>>    Religion des Buddha (Vol.1) - Koeppen
>>>>    Le Buddhisme - Taine
>>>>    Weltauffas der Buddhisten - Bastian
>>>>    Brahma Somej: Four Lectures - Sen
>>>> 
>>>>    (William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism
>>>>        by Robert D. Richardson)
>>>> 


 
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