By an individual being, whatever one's metaphysical doctrine, one means an unique being, that is, a being which is alone of its own type, or is such that no other of its class exists.
Josiah RoyceAnd just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning.
Josiah RoyceMemory and hope constantly incite us to the extensions of the self which play so large a part in our daily life.
Josiah RoyceGod is One, all our lives have various and unique places in the harmony of the divine life.
Josiah Royce