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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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“Philosophers have actually devoted themselves, in the main, neither to perceiving the world, nor to spinning webs of conceptual theory, but to interpreting the meaning of the civilizations which they have represented, and to attempting the interpretation of whatever minds in the universe, human or divine, they believed to be real.”

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Book:Josiah Royce: Selected Writings

Source: Josiah Royce: Selected Writings

“God is One, all our lives have various and unique places in the harmony of the divine life.”

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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

“Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.”

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Book:The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Culture, philosophy, and religion

Source: The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Culture, philosophy, and religion

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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