Samuel Alexander Quotes
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
Alexander, Samuel. "Foundations and Sketch-Plan of a Conational Psychology." The British Journal of Psychology, vol. 4, no. 3/4, 1911, pp. 239-267.
Alexander’s move was a stroke of genius. He wanted to amass a great army but did not have the funds in the royal treasure to pay for it. Instead of squeezing the nobles for more funds, he gave everything away. This signaled a willingness to share the wealth so that the nobles financed the army so that they could amass more with the booty of victory. Perdiccas and a few others refused their shares and committed themselves to Alexander’s “hopes.” See {612208} for Alexander’s mother’s view of his generosity later.
Samuel Alexander OM FBA was an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college.
