Interpretations of Poetry and Religion
Author : George Santayana
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN :
Author : George Santayana
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN :
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 1955-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486202365
In this work, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects independent of our perception and the awareness of essences attributed to objects by our mind, or between what Santayana calls the realm of existents and the realm of subsistents. Since we can never be certain that these attributes actually inhere in a substratum of existents, skepticism is established as a form of belief, but animal faith is shown to be a necessary quality of the human mind. Without this faith there could be no rational approach to the necessary problem of understanding and surviving in this world. Santayana derives this practical philosophy from a wide and fascinating variety of sources. He considers critically the positions of such philosophers as Descartes, Euclid, Hume, Kant, Parmenides, Plato, Pythagoras, Schopenhauer, and the Buddhist school as well as the assumptions made by the ordinary man in everyday situations. Such matters as the nature of belief, the rejection of classical idealism, the nature of intuition and memory, symbols and myth, mathematical reality, literary psychology, the discovery of essence, sublimation of animal faith, the implied being of truth, and many others are given detailed analyses in individual chapters.
Author : Edward W. Lovely
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,53 MB
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739176277
George Santayana (1862-1952) of Spanish descent, and generally claimed to be in the canon of American philosophers, was substantially influenced by his Roman Catholic origins in his philosophical disposition toward the value of tradition, religious symbols and dogma. His philosophical project sustained a respectful attitude toward the spiritual value of orthodox religion while the thrust of his philosophy was naturalistic and materialistic throughout. There is a perception by some scholars that Santayana’s philosophy evolved from a humanistic perspective to a more spiritual one in his later years. It is the position of this thesis that his philosophy, at the “core” depicting a harmonious striving toward individual happiness, remained essentially consistent from his earliest publication of Interpretations of Poetry and Religion and The Life of Reason through his later works of Scepticism and Animal Faith, Realms of Being, Dominations and Powers and The Idea of Christ in the Gospels. Santayana’s philosophical approach is both phenomenological and social constructionist in its methodology, significantly preempting the methodology of social constructionist theology and a post-modern interpretation of religion. His idiosyncratic phenomenological approach is compared with a “benchmark” methodology of Edmund Husserl, the generally accepted founder of the phenomenological method. There are also important similarities between Santayana’s phenomenological approach and those of Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead. The basis for the comparison of the phenomenological methodology of Santayana and Husserl is their mutually similar fundamental theory of intuited essence. Santayana’s contribution to religious studies is not only philosophical but also theological where he has utilized Christian theological language in transposing and interpolating his philosophy of religion to the Christian drama of the salvational Christ. Santayana’s essay “Ultimate Religion” reflects his perspective of a disillusioned but still spiritual vision incorporating the piety, discipline, and spirituality; of a life of reason. Within the framework of this “model” Santayana’s philosophy of religion is developed and explored. Finally, the relevance of Santayana’s philosophy of religion to contemporary religious studies and selected religious issues is addressed with a delineation and discussion of some important aspects of his philosophical vision.
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781016669375
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Author : George Santayana
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Comparative literature
ISBN :
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 1955-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486202389
The great philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist masterfully offers his fascinating outline of Aesthetics Theory. Drawing on the art, literature, and social sciences involved, Santayana discusses the nature of beauty, form, and expression.
Author : George Santayana
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : National characteristics, American
ISBN : 9780300116656
This book brings together two seminal works by George Santayana, one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century: Character and Opinion in the United States, which stands with Tocqueville's Democracy in America as one t
Author : George Santayana
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
George Santayana in this book talks about the soul of German philosophy – Egotism. He considered it as a subjectivity in thought and willfulness in morals which is by no means a gratuitous thing. It discusses the pathetic situation that German philosophy has inculcated in its people.
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
"Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy" is a philosophical work by George Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Published in 1933, this book explores various themes and ideas in modern philosophy, offering Santayana's insightful reflections and critiques. In the book, Santayana delves into different philosophical currents and movements of the time, examining their implications and contributions to the broader landscape of philosophical thought. He discusses topics such as skepticism, idealism, materialism, and pragmatism, among others, providing his nuanced analysis and interpretation. Santayana's writing style is known for its clarity, elegance, and depth of thought. He combines rigorous philosophical analysis with literary flair, making his work accessible to both scholars and general readers interested in philosophy.