We can and we may, as it were, jump with both feet off the ground towards a world of which we trust the other parts to meet our jump - so can the making of a perfected world of pluralistic pattern ever take place. Only through our precursive trust in it can it come into being. There is no inconstancy anywhere in this, and no 'vicious circle' unless a circle of poles holding themselves upright by leaning on one another, or a circle of dancers revolving by holding each other's hands, can be 'visious'. The faith circle is so congruent with human nature that the only explanation of the veto that intellectualists pass upon it must be sought in the offensive character to them of the faiths of certain persons.
William James, Some Problems of Philosophy










