The Philosophy of Loyalty (Classic Reprint)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008GYQ6LE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 426 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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John J. . McDermott, author of the introduction to this new edition, is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Head of Humanities in Medicine at Texas A&M University. He is the editor of five volumes of scholarly editions of the writings of William James, John Dewey, and Josiah Royce, as well as several textbooks and collections of philosophical essays
In November and December of 1907 the lectures that constitute the present book were delivered for the st time before the Lowell Institute in Boston.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the PublisherForgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. A few lectures, summing up the main principles that lay at the basis of this ethical course as it had been given in the summer of 1906, were delivered in January and February, 1907, before a general academic audience, during a brief visit of mine at the University of I llinois. In several other places, both in the West and in the East, I have also presented portions of my views upon ethics; and in the summer of 1907 four general lectures on the topic were repeated before the Summer School of Theology at Harvard. In 1906 and 1907 I gave, as a part of my regular work at the Summer School of Harvard University, an Introduction to Ethics, with Special Reference to the Interests of Te
OnChina@Tumblr said Repetitive, wordy. Repetitive and wordy but interesting take on the value of one's life.. Admirable Monotony Jon L Albee If you're reading this book, here are some things you already know: Royce is considered to be America's great idealist. He was a professor at Harvard at the same time as the great William James, and suffered from a profound inferiority complex. He mixed his "teutonic metaphysics" with appropriate doses of Christianity-inspired ethics. You'll get treated to all these thin. Josiah Royce's "The Philosophy of Loyalty" Robin Friedman The American philosopher Josiah Royce (1855 -- 1916) taught a form of idealism and rationalism that has few current adherents. In recent years, however, there has been a revival of interest in Royce's ethical and social philosophy as developed in a 1908 book, "The Philosophy of Loyalty". The book is based on a series of eight lectures Royce gave at the Lowell Institute i
This new edition of The Philosophy of Loyalty, with the addition of John McDermott's excellent introduction, should stimulate a lively debate among moral theorists. As one of the first volumes in the Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy, it foretokens an outstanding series of publications. --John Clendenning, author of The Life and Thought of Josiah Royce