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As the brain-changes are continuous, so do all these consciousnesses…

Quote byWilliam James · 1842–1910

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 9.

English (original)

As the brain-changes are continuous, so do all these consciousnesses melt into each other like dissolving views. Properly they are but one protracted consciousness, one unbroken stream.

— William James

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