The Conception of Immortality (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Josiah Royce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440032262 ISBN 13 : 9781440032264

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how identity, purpose, and reality interlink in a bold view of the world. This edition presents a clear, approachable look at Josiah Royce’s philosophy, focusing on how real individuals embody purpose and how harmony between will and world gives meaning to life.

In these passages, the author argues that real individuals are unique embodiments of will and that the world must express purpose to be truly real. He contrasts imagined pure thought with lived experience, emphasizing that a being who satisfies an inner will is the only one who can recognize true individuality. The discussion moves to the nature of reality and how our ideas relate to the facts we investigate, suggesting that meaning ties ideas to outer realities in a dynamic, purposeful world. The text also delves into how consciousness perceives time, introducing the idea of a “specious present” that shapes our grasp of sequences and events.

• Learn Royce’s teleological view of individuality as a unique expression of will and purpose.


• See how reality is linked to the fulfillment of aims and to the harmony between thought and facts.


• Understand the idea of the specious present and how consciousness grasps sequences of events.


• Explore how ideas, even when uncertain, connect meaningfully to the world beyond our minds.

Ideal for readers curious about the foundations of metaphysical thought, this edition helps readers weigh questions about what is real and why, through a rigorous yet accessible lens.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Conception of Immortality

I may as well begin this discussion by pointing out where, to my mind, lies the most central problem concerning man's immorality. In the real world in which our common-sense metaphysic believes, some things are obviously transient, and others, as, for instance, matter and the laws of nature, are more enduring, and perhaps (so common sense would nowadays tell us), are absolutely permanent. But permanence is of two sorts. A type may be permanent, - a law, a relationship. Thus the Binomial Theorem remains always true; and water continues to run down hill just as it did during the earliest geological periods.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the real world in which our common-sense metaphysic believes, some things are obviously transient, and others, as, for instance, matter and the laws of nature, are more enduring, and perhaps (so common sense would nowadays tell us), are absolutely permanent. But permanence is of two sorts. A type may be permanent, a law, a relationship. Thus theB inomial Theo rem remains always true; and water continues to run down hill just as it did during the earliest geological periods.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440032262
• ISBN 13: 9781440032264
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 102
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