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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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Famous Josiah Royce Quotes

“The unique eludes us; yet we remain faithful to the ideal of it; and in spite of sense and of our merely abstract thinking, it becomes for us the most real thing in the actual world, although for us it is the elusive goal of an infinite quest.”

Thinking World Real Goal Unique Ideals Infinite Individuality Faithful Abstract Spite Quests Real Things Elusive Elude Elude Us Abstract Thinking

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

“By an individual being, whatever one's metaphysical doctrine, one means an unique being, that is, a being which is alone of its own type, or is such that no other of its class exists.”

Mean Individual Class Type Unique Doctrine Metaphysical

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

Our Lives Divine Unique Harmony Various God Life Divine Life

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

“So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed for the whole, and are unique.”

Whole Our Lives Needed Unique Strive Various

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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