Josiah Royce Quotes

A collection of quotes by Josiah Royce.

Josiah Royce (1855-1916) was an American philosopher and teacher renowned for his work in the fields of idealism, logic, and ethics. Born in California, Royce received his education at the University of California, Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University. He spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University, where he influenced a generation of students, including William James and George Santayana. Royce's major works include "The Philosophy of Loyalty" and "The World and the Individual." His philosophy emphasized the importance of community and the search for meaning in an interconnected world, making lasting contributions to American philosophy.

That this individual life of all of us is not something limi

That this individual life of all of us is not something limited in its temporal expression to the life that now we experience, follows from the very fact that here nothing final or individual is found expressed.

Experience Life

For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, bu

For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, but is individual as expressing a meaning.

God is One, all our lives have various and unique places in

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

Life Places Harmony

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a wh

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find un

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world

Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.