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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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“For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.”

Knows Humans Form Term Consciousness Individuality Individualism Concrete Human Form

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

“I never felt a feeling that I knew or could know to be unlike the feelings of other people. I never consciously thought, except after patterns that the world or my fellows set for me.”

People Knows World Feelings Felt Fellows Patterns Scientism

Author:Josiah Royce

“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

“If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know, some other man might not have done, I am utterly unable to discover the certainly unique deed.”

Ifs Knows Men Looks Done Might Unique Deeds

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

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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