EUCKEN, RUDOLF CHRISTOPH

(1846-1926) German professor at Basel; wrote 1. The Truth of Religion and 2. Philosophy of Spirit ; spirit is ultimate reality but not same as Hegel ian thought; man is not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought; strong empirical emphasized