The religious aspect of philosophy : a critique of the bases of conduct and of faith /

"This book sketches the basis of a system of philosophy, while applying the principles of this system to religious problems. The form and order of the treatment depend on the nature of these latter problems themselves, and are not such as a system of philosophy, expounded solely for its own sak...

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Main Author: Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1885.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Religion as a moral code and as a theory. Book I: The search for a moral ideal
  • The general ethical problem
  • The warfare of the moral ideals
  • Altruism and egoims in certain recent discussions
  • Ethical skepticism and ethical pessimism
  • The moral insight
  • The organization of life. Book II: The search for a religious truth
  • The world of doubt
  • The world of the postulates
  • Idealism
  • The possibility of error
  • The religious insight.