{"product_id":"the-essential-santayana-9780253221056","title":"The Essential Santayana","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough he was born in Spain, George Santayana (1863-1952) became a uniquely American philosopher, critic, poet, and novelist. This collection presents a selection of Santayana's important and influential literary and philosophical work. It reveals the intellectual and literary diversity of one of the American philosophy's lively minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 philosophical vision, or their importance according to Santayana's comments in his correspondence.\" One must say that they have succeeded admirably.\u003c\/p\u003e * Review of Metaphysics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eChronology of the Life and Work of George Santayana\u003cbr\u003eList of Bibliographical Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Essential Santayana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. Autobiography\u003cbr\u003eA General Confession\u003cbr\u003eMy Place, Time, and Ancestry\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue on My Host, the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Skepticism and Ontology\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophical Heresy\u003cbr\u003ePreface [Scepticism and Animal Faith]\u003cbr\u003eThere Is No First Principle of Criticism\u003cbr\u003eDogma and Doubt\u003cbr\u003eWayward Scepticism\u003cbr\u003eUltimate Scepticism\u003cbr\u003eNothing Given Exists\u003cbr\u003eThe Discovery of Essence\u003cbr\u003eThe Watershed of Criticism\u003cbr\u003eKnowledge Is Faith Mediated by Symbols\u003cbr\u003eBelief in Substance\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Psychology\u003cbr\u003eThe Implied Being of Truth\u003cbr\u003eComparison with Other Criticisms of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eNormal Madness\u003cbr\u003eSome Meanings of the Word \"Is\"\u003cbr\u003ePreface to Realms of Being\u003cbr\u003eVarious Approaches to Essence\u003cbr\u003eThe Being Proper to Essences\u003cbr\u003eThe Scope of Natural Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eIndispensable Properties of Substance\u003cbr\u003eTeleology\u003cbr\u003eThe Psyche\u003cbr\u003eThere Are No Necessary Truths\u003cbr\u003eFacts Arbitrary, Logic Ideal\u003cbr\u003eInterplay between Truth and Logic\u003cbr\u003eDramatic Truth\u003cbr\u003eMoral Truth\u003cbr\u003eLove and Hatred of Truth\u003cbr\u003eDenials of Truth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Rational Life in Art, Religion, and Spirituality\u003cbr\u003eThe Elements and Function of Poetry\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of Reason\u003cbr\u003eHow Religion May Be an Embodiment of Reason\u003cbr\u003eJustification of Art\u003cbr\u003eThe Criterion of Taste\u003cbr\u003eArt and Happiness\u003cbr\u003eUltimate Religion\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature of Spirit\u003cbr\u003eLiberation\u003cbr\u003eUnion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4. Ethics and Politics\u003cbr\u003ePrerational Morality\u003cbr\u003eRational Ethics\u003cbr\u003ePost-rational Morality\u003cbr\u003eHypostatic Ethics\u003cbr\u003ePublic Opinion\u003cbr\u003eGovernment of the People\u003cbr\u003eWho Are \"The People\"?\u003cbr\u003eThe United States as Leader\u003cbr\u003eConclusion [Dominations and Powers]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5. Literature, Culture, and Criticism\u003cbr\u003eSonnet III\u003cbr\u003eTo W. P.\u003cbr\u003ePrologue [The Last Puritan]\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue [The Last Puritan]\u003cbr\u003eThe Poetry of Barbarism\u003cbr\u003eEmerson\u003cbr\u003eThe Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Liberty in America\u003cbr\u003eThe Genteel Tradition at Bay\u003cbr\u003eThe Ethics of Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003eWilliam James\u003cbr\u003eJosiah Royce\u003cbr\u003eDewey's Naturalistic Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400660590935,"sku":"9780253221056","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253221056.jpg?v=1730471232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-essential-santayana-9780253221056","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}