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Is the glass half empty or half full?

Is the glass half empty or half full?, photo © JWG

Is the glass half empty or half full?, photo © JWG

I would have thought that the philosophical question “Is the glass half empty or half full?” is as old as time immemorial, but it appears that it came in the world in the 1930s and is usually attributed to one Josiah Stamp.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged philosophy on July 11, 2014 by jahsonic.

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