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Josiah Royce was an American philosopher known for his work in moral philosophy, religious philosophy, and metaphysics. His ideas have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy.

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“Only the more uncompromising of the mystics still seek for knowledge in a silent land of absolute intuition, where the intellect finally lays down its conceptual tools, and rests from its pragmatic labors, while its works do not follow it, but are simply forgotten, and are as if they never had been.”

Ifs Stills Land Labor Tools Absolutes Lays Silent Forgotten Intuition Intellect Pragmatic Uncompromising

Book:The Problem of Christianity: The real world and the Christian ideas

Source: The Problem of Christianity: The real world and the Christian ideas

“For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, but is individual as expressing a meaning.”

Knows Life Is Individual Absolutes

Book:The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown

Source: The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown

“God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.”

World Our Lives Inspire Absolutes Longing

Book:The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown

Source: The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown

“The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought.”

Giving Firsts Self Problem Aspect Absolutes Notion Deeper Idealism Present Time

Book:The Spirit of Modern Philosophy: An Essay in the Form of Lectures

Source: The Spirit of Modern Philosophy: An Essay in the Form of Lectures

About the Author

Born: November 20, 1855
Died: September 14, 1916
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 38

Books & Sources

The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry BrownRelated source material

The Spirit of Modern Philosophy: An Essay in the Form of LecturesRelated source material

Josiah Royce: Selected WritingsRelated source material

The Philosophy of Josiah RoyceRelated source material

The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Culture, philosophy, and religionRelated source material

The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Logic, loyalty, and communityRelated source material

The Philosophy of LoyaltyRelated source material

The Problem of ChristianityRelated source material

The Problem of Christianity: The real world and the Christian ideasRelated source material

William James and Other Essays on the Philosophy of LifeRelated source material

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