Santayana.
Growing interest in the work of this American philosopher has prompted this new edition, which includes a new preface by the author reassessing his own ideas and reflecting on contemporary interest in Santayana.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
1995.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Arguments of the philosophers.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Santayana's works; Notes on the text; INTRODUCTION; Outline of Santayana's philosophical development; Outline of Santayana's life; SCEPTICISM; Solipsism of the present moment; Doubting the existence of an experiential flux; The possibility that nothing exists; Essences as the sceptic's resting point; Does the given guarantee its own existence?; ANIMAL FAITH; Animal faith; Substance; The uniformity and animation in nature; Santayana's epistemology in general.
- THE DOCTRINE OF ESSENCEDifferent sorts of exemplification; The generic and the indeterminate; Complex essences; Pure Being; Do essences have natures?; Internal and external relations; Beauty as a liberator of essences; The doctrine of essence; SPIRIT AND PSYCHE; Santayana and behaviourism; The glory and the impotence of spirit; Intuition and intent; Determination of the intended object; THE MATERIAL WORLD; Santayana's aims as philosop.