Irving Singer
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300080377
- eISBN:
- 9780300128536
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300080377.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
George Santayana was unique in his contributions to American culture. For almost sixty years before his death in 1952, he combined literary and philosophical talents, writing not only important works ...
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George Santayana was unique in his contributions to American culture. For almost sixty years before his death in 1952, he combined literary and philosophical talents, writing not only important works of philosophy but also a best-selling novel, volumes of poetry, and much literary criticism. This portrait of Santayana's thought and complex personality explores the full range of his harmonization of the literary and the philosophical.Less
George Santayana was unique in his contributions to American culture. For almost sixty years before his death in 1952, he combined literary and philosophical talents, writing not only important works of philosophy but also a best-selling novel, volumes of poetry, and much literary criticism. This portrait of Santayana's thought and complex personality explores the full range of his harmonization of the literary and the philosophical.