Royce's Voyage Down Under: A Journey of the Mind

By Frank M. Oppenheim

Book Overview

Josiah Royce's voyage to the South Seas in 1888, undertaken on his physician's advice, restored the philosopher to full physical and mental vigor. What is not so well known is that after a few months of sailing Royce began to ""bag new game,"" as he put it, in his philosophical pursuits. Frank M. Oppenheim examines Royce's writings from this year of travel, including his correspondence and the notes he made on his reading, and finds there the seeds of much of his later thought. While Professor Op

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154057
• ISBN13: 9780813154053
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher