{"product_id":"only-half-awake-william-james-mug","title":"Only Half Awake — William James Mug","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary quote mug featuring William James's \"Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.\" Philosophy and psychology objects by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo sentences after the famous one, James stops arguing and reaches for a stove: \"Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked.\" The fuel is in there. The air is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— William James, \u003cem\u003eThe Energies of Men\u003c\/em\u003e (1907)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the whole diagnosis, and it is a generous one. James is not saying you lack what it takes. He is saying the supply is laid in and something upstream is closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is exactly one hour of the day when this is true in the plainest possible sense, and you are holding the standard remedy for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou're the one who is honest about mornings — not performing a 5am routine, not apologizing for needing twenty minutes and a hot drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person who would rather own the state than pretend past it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sentence starts at full strength and gives up a little light with each line. Then the last two words arrive large and get cut straight across the middle — lit on top, unlit beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing is missing from those letters. The bottom half is all there and simply not switched on. Printed on both sides, so whichever way it is turned at seven in the morning, the cut is facing someone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour Morning Mug\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 oz ceramic mug\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy black finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on both sides — the line faces the room while you are drinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDishwasher safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrowave safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWilliam James, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived 1842–1910; the reason American philosophy has a school of its own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePragmatism, the position he did most to build, holds that an idea's meaning lives in the difference it makes when you act on it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGave the language \"stream of consciousness\" and popularized \"second wind\" in the sense everyone now uses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA century on, the working vocabulary for effort and attention is still largely his\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from this author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/only-half-awake-james\"\u003eOnly Half Awake — The Quote\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/only-half-awake-william-james-tee\"\u003eOnly Half Awake — William James T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/only-half-awake-william-james-phone-case\"\u003eOnly Half Awake — William James Phone Case\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/art-of-being-wise-james-psychology-enso-tee\"\u003eArt of Being Wise — James Psychology Enso Tee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/william-james\"\u003eFull William James collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204359749726,"sku":"3159478_9324","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/only-half-awake-james-mug-right-side.png?v=1787628208","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/only-half-awake-william-james-mug","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}