“A self is, by its very essence, a being with a past. One must look lengthwise backwards in the stream of time in order to see theself, or its shadow, now moving with the stream, now eddying in the currents from bank to bank of its channel, and now strenuously straining onwards in the pursuit of its chosen good.” LooksSelfPastMovingOrderShadowEssenceCurrentsPursuitChosenStreamsBackwards Book:Josiah Royce: Selected Writings Source: Josiah Royce: Selected Writings
“Memory and hope constantly incite us to the extensions of the self which play so large a part in our daily life.” SelfPlayMemoriesDaily LifeExtensions Book:The Philosophy of Josiah Royce Source: The Philosophy of Josiah Royce
“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.” GivingFirstsSelfProblemAspectAbsolutesNotionDeeperIdealismPresent 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
