The Conception of Immortality (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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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.

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