{"product_id":"only-half-awake-william-james-tee","title":"Only Half Awake — William James T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary quote t-shirt featuring William James's \"Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.\" Psychology and philosophy apparel by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe American Philosophical Association met at Columbia in December 1906 expecting a philosophy paper from their president. What they got instead was an argument about how much of a person goes unused.\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\u003eJames was after what he called the second wind — the reserve that only shows up after you have pushed past the point where you would normally quit. His argument was that most people never find out it is there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe line is not a scolding. It is a report on a habit: we settle at a comfortable notch, call it our ceiling, and stop looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou're the one who suspects the ceiling you keep hitting is one you set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've finished something you were certain you had no energy left for, and wondered where that came from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've caught yourself calling a limit \"realistic\" before you actually tested it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've run a full day on habit and been unable to name a single decision you made in it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is for the people who would rather find the edge than assume it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour lines, each set a little dimmer than the one above, so the whole block is losing light as you read down it. Then the last two words arrive at full size and get cut clean 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, just not switched on. At chest scale a stranger reads the cut before they read the sentence, which is the right order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.1 oz\/yd² garment-dyed cotton — enough body that it hangs rather than clings, broken-in from the first wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelaxed, slightly boxy fit — please check the size chart before ordering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-shrunk, so the fit you get on day one is the fit you keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable in Black and Navy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low\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; trained as a physician and taught anatomy before he ever taught psychology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFounded the first psychology laboratory in the United States, at Harvard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Principles of Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e (1890) — twelve years in the writing, and still the book people quote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent his career on the parts of the mind that resist measurement: habit, attention, effort, the will\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Energies of Men\u003c\/em\u003e (1907) is the closest thing he wrote to a field manual — an argument, delivered to professional philosophers, that human capacity is a practical question and not a theoretical one\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-phone-case\"\u003eOnly Half Awake — William James Phone Case\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/only-half-awake-william-james-mug\"\u003eOnly Half Awake — William James Mug\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":"Black \/ S","offer_id":43204358897758,"sku":"6078412_15114","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":43204358930526,"sku":"6078412_15115","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":43204358963294,"sku":"6078412_15116","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":43204358996062,"sku":"6078412_15117","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":43204359028830,"sku":"6078412_15118","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 3XL","offer_id":43204359061598,"sku":"6078412_16326","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 4XL","offer_id":43204359094366,"sku":"6078412_17500","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ S","offer_id":43204359127134,"sku":"6078412_15181","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ M","offer_id":43204359159902,"sku":"6078412_15182","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ L","offer_id":43204359192670,"sku":"6078412_15183","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ XL","offer_id":43204359225438,"sku":"6078412_15184","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ 2XL","offer_id":43204359258206,"sku":"6078412_15185","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ 3XL","offer_id":43204359290974,"sku":"6078412_16332","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"True Navy \/ 4XL","offer_id":43204359323742,"sku":"6078412_17499","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/only-half-awake-james-tee-black-front.png?v=1787628189","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/only-half-awake-william-james-tee","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}