Diss. : Fachbereich Philosophie-Pädagogik : Mainz : 1982, soutenue sous le titre : "Versuche der Annäherung an das Unbedingte". - Bibliogr. p. 136-142. Index. -

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / The philosophical method of Royce seems to be empirical. All facts are the experiences of individuals, and no fact may exist apart from the experience of individuals. The ultimate philosophic principle is the rationality of the whole, however. Finite experience reveals the need for and existence of a unifying consciousness or absolute reason. The realm of truth is the coherent absolute reason, who is the ultimate interpreter or finite particulars. In the treatment of evil Royce recounts the empirical facts of good and evil in so far as they are comprehensible to man. In the ultimate analysis, however, the principle of rationality is applied to all facts which are considered to be beyond the reason of the temporal mind [TRUNCATED]

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Typescript. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University, Graduate School, 1928. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-243). Vita.

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That Josiah Royce's philosophy relies on imagination has been acknowledged, but there has not yet been scholarship behind what this argument consists of or implies, both for imagination and Roycean loyalty. This project works to examine how imagination works in Royce's philosophy and, in particular, the ethical system of loyalty, as imagination serves in the creation and perfection of loyalty. The first level of this explores Royce's psychological groundwork for imagination and how this works into the development of the self. From there, this project works with the connections of aesthetics and beauty to Roycean loyalty, with particular interest in how beauty aids in the self's choice of cause. The final level of this project is concerned with how imagination informs the community and how imagination aids in the development of loyalty to a lost cause and thus loyalty to loyalty.