In 1880 at the age of 24, Bax began studying philosophy in Germany, beginning with Kant and Hegel.
Later philosophical works by Bax include The Problem of Reality (1892), The Roots of Reality: Being Suggestions for a Philosophical Reconstruction (1907), Problems of Men, Mind and Morals (1912), and The Real, The Rational, and The Alogical (1920) [REF].