The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Critique of the Bases of Conduct and of Faith

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By Josiah Royce

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Dec 12, 2011
Page Count
522 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411464452

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In this 1885 work Royce propounds what would become the cornerstone of his philosophy: the existence of an Absolute Knower whose infinite mind contains every possible truth and error. Royce suggests a great deal of doubt brings us away from God, but a little doubt brings us closer.


Josiah Royce

About the Author

Josiah Royce (1855-1916) was an American idealist philosopher profoundly influenced by Hegel. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley and, at the behest of his friend and intellectual adversary William James, at Harvard. His best-known works include The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (1885), The Spirit of Modern Philosophy (1892), Studies of Good and Evil (1898), and The World and the Individual (1900-01).

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