Chapter 7. Josiah Royce

Author: Sprigge, T.L.S.

Source: The God of Metaphysics, April 2006 , pp. 357-409(53)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

This chapter begins with a description of the life of Josiah Royce. It then discusses the following themes from Royce: proof of the existence of God, ethical theory, and the problem of evil in The Religious Aspect of Philosophy; the panpsychism of The Spirit of Modern Philosophy; the four conceptions of being in The World and the Individual; time and eternity and the worlds of description and acquaintance mainly in The Spirit of Modern Philosophy; and the notion of the beloved community in The Philosophy of Loyalty and The Problem of Christianity. Some comments on Royce as a religious thinker and man are presented.

Keywords: community; God; evil; eternity; panpsychism; ethical theory; Josiah Royce; time

Document Type: Research article

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