...narrower. ' In its widest possible sense ', says Professor James, ' a man's self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic...ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his land and horses, and yacht and bankaccount. All these things give him the same emotions. If they wax...

...of Self." " In its widest possible sense," he says, " a man's Self is the sum total of all that we can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers,...reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank account." This sentence occurs on the first page of the chapter, and at once marks James' position...

...unless he is simply forced to fight. "In its wisest possible sense a man's self is the sum total of all that he can call his ; not only his body and his psychic...reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht, and bank account. All these things give him the same emotions. If they wax and prosper, he feels triumphant;...

...constitutes self. " In its widest possible sense," says James,1 " a man's self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic...reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank account. All these things give him the same emotions. If they wax and prosper, he feels triumphant...

...self of James' really is, we find that, in the widest possible sense, it is the sum total of all a man can call his ; " not only his body and his psychic...children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works."27 We find also that there are various constituents of the self, which may be divided into two...

...self of James' really is, we find that, in the widest possible sense, it is the sum total of all a man can call his ; " not only his body and his psychic...children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works."27 We find also that there are various constituents of the self, which may be divided into two...

...mean all that the man is or has. " In its widest possible sense, a jaan's self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic...powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and his children, his ancestors and his friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht...

...the man is or has. " In its widest possible sense, a man's self is the sum total of all that he con call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and his children, his ancestors and his friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht...

...how can this be ? "In the widest possible sense," writes James, "a man's Self is the sum total of all that he can call his; not only his body and his psychic...friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, his yacht and bank-account." To be sure, some selves are more modest, but the essential point is brought...

...nothing to do with it at all. In its widest possible sense, however, a man's Self is the sum total of off that he CAN call his, not only his body and his psychic...and horses, and yacht and bank-account. All these thing? give him the same emotions. If they wax and prosper, he feels triumphant ; if they dwindle and...