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| Named Person: | George Santayana; George Santayana; George Santayana |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Timothy L S Sprigge |
| ISBN: | 0415117518 9780415117517 |
| OCLC Number: | 32539794 |
| Description: | xxiv, 248 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Introduction. 2. Outline of Santayana's philosophical development. 3. Outline of Santayana's life -- II. Scepticism. 2. Solipsism of the present moment. 3. Doubting the existence of an experiential flux. 4. The possibility that nothing exists. 5. Essences as the sceptic's resting point. 6. Does the given guarantee its own existence? -- III. Animal Faith. 1. The return from scepticism. 2. Animal faith. 3. Substance. 4. The uniformity and animation in nature. 5. Santayana's epistemology in general. IV. The Doctrine of Essence. 1. Essences as the given. 2. Different sorts of exemplification. 3. The generic and the indeterminate. 4. Complex essences. 5. Pure Being. 6. Do essences have natures? 7. Internal and external relations. 8. Beauty as a liberator of essences. 9. The doctrine of essence -- V. Spirit and Psyche. 1. The psyche. 2. Santayana and behaviourism. 3. The glory and the impotence of spirit. 4. Intuition and intent. 5. Determination of the intended object. |
| Series Title: | Arguments of the philosophers. |
| Responsibility: | Timothy L.S. Sprigge. |
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Abstract:
This classic study of Santayana was the first book to appear in the Arguments of the Philosophers series. Growing interest in the work of this important American philosopher has prompted a new edition of the book, complete with a foreword by Angus Kerr-Lawson and a new preface by the author reassessing his own ideas about Santayana and reflecting on contemporary interest in the philosopher's work. It also includes a select bibliography of works on Santayana published since the book's first appearance.
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