William James. Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (Kindle Locations 1622-1623).
The 'sentimentalist fallacy' is to shed tears over abstract justice and generosity, beauty, etc., and never to know these qualities when you meet them in the street, because there the circumstances make them vulgar.
William James. Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (Kindle Locations 1622-1623).
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