Clergyman's

One does wish that Sartre would pause for a while to regroup his forces. The man really does write too much.
- William Barrett (philosopher)

One does wish that Sartre would pause for a while to regroup his forces. The man really does write too much.
- William Barrett (philosopher)

Of all the non-European philosophers, William James probably best deserves to be an Existentialist.
- William Barrett (philosopher)

Where Plato and Aristotle had asked the question, What is man?, St. Augustine asks, Who am I? — and this shift is decisive.
- William Barrett (philosopher)

That existence has meaning, finally, only as the liberty to say No, and by saying No to create a world.
- William Barrett (philosopher)

The instincts of man are so earth-bound that they shrewdly sense it whenever the approach of logic threatens them.
- William Barrett (philosopher)