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George Santayana

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Born: December 15 1863

Died: 2525 09 19521952

Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a naturalist before naturalism grew popular; he appreciated multiple perfections before multiculturalism became an issue; he thought of philosophy as literature before it became a theme in American and European scholarly circles; and he managed to naturalize Platonism, update Aristotle, fight off idealisms, and provide a striking and sensitive account of the spiritual life without being a religious believer. His Hispanic heritage, shaded by his sense of being an outsider in America, captures many qualities of American life missed by insiders, and presents views equal to Tocqueville in quality and importance. Beyond philosophy, only Emerson may match his literary production. As a public figure, he appeared on the front cover of Time , and his autobiography and only novel were the best-selling books in the United States as Book-of-the-Month Club selections. The novel was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Edmund Wilson ranked Persons and Places among the few first-rate autobiographies, comparing it favorably to Yeats's memoirs, The Education of Henry Adams, and Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Remarkably, Santayana achieved this stature in American thought without being an American citizen. He proudly retained his Spanish citizenship throughout his life. Yet, as he readily admitted, it is as an American that his philosophical and literary corpuses are to be judged. Using contemporary classifications, Santayana is the first and foremost Hispanic-American philosopher.

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Books from George Santayana

Scepticism and Animal Faith

الإحساس بالجمال : تخطيط النظرية فى علم الجمال

The Life of Reason

Reason in Art

The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy/Character & Opinion in the United States

Reason in Religion

The Letters of George Santayana

Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, Goethe (Barnes & Noble Rediscovers Series)

Filosofia del viaggio

Sonnets and Other Verses

History of Philosophy: five classic books in a single file

The Letters of George Santayana, Book 8, 1948-52

The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell

Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

The Letters of George Santayana, Book 7, 1941-47

Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante And Goethe

The Life of Reason - Unabridged Plus an Overview, Summary, Analysis and Author Biography

The Life of Reason (with ClicBrowz navigation)

Winds of Doctrine, Critical Edition, Volume 9: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

Dostoevsky: The Author as Psychoanalyst