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The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings

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Description for The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings Paperback.

Although he was born in Spain, George Santayana (1863–1952) became a uniquely American philosopher, critic, poet, and best-selling novelist. Along with his Harvard colleagues William James and Josiah Royce, he is best known as one of the founders of American pragmatism and recognized for his insights into the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. The Essential Santayana presents a selection of Santayana's most important and influential literary and philosophical work. Martin A. Coleman's critical introduction sets Santayana into the American philosophical tradition and provides context for contemporary readers, many of whom may be approaching Santayana's writings for the first ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221056
SKU
V9780253221056
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99-50

About Coleman
Martin A. Coleman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Associate Editor of the Santayana Edition at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.

Reviews for The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
From the selections included, one can find many that alone would justify the price of the volume. There are insightful essays on James, on Royce, on Emerson, on Nietzsche, and on the Renaissance humanists. The editors of this volume set out to select, in their words, "works based on their traditional influence and popularity, their representativeness with respect to Santayana's ... Read more

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