In both Pragmatism (1907) and The Meaning of Truth: A Sequel to Pragmatism (1909), James argues that the “need of an eternal moral order is one of the deepest needs of our breast.” Written to provide access to the ideals of one philosophical system for those interested in bettering their lives, Pragmatism acquired its subtitle, A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, when James published the collection of eight essays some ten years after he had begun to compose them.