The Religious Aspect of Philosophy: A Critique of the Bases of Conduct and of Faith

Josiah Royce

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ; RELIGION AS A MORAL CODE AND AS A THEORY.

INTRODUCTION; RELIGION AS A MORAL CODE AND AS A THEORY.

Auch beweifl’ ich, dass du glaubest, Was so rechter Glaube heisst, Glaubst wohl nicht an Gott den Vater, An den Sohn und heil’gen Geist.

HEINE.

INTENDING in the following pages to sketch certain philosophic opinions that seem to him to have a religious bearing, the author must begin by stating what he understands to be the nature of religion, and how he conceives philosophy to be related to religion.

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