Published in 1913 and based on Royce’s Hibbert Lectures delivered at Oxford, this second of a two-volume series is subtitled ‘The Real World and the Christian Ideas.’ Focusing on the metaphysical basis of Christianity and the issues therein—the book covers such topics as the will to interpret, conception and perception, the doctrine of signs, and more.
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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).