Evil in the philosophy of Royce
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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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Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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