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Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (/ ˌ s æ n t i ˈ æ n ə,-ˈ ɑː n ə /; December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
Feb 11, 2002 · Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic.
George Santayana (born December 16, 1863, Madrid, Spain—died September 26, 1952, Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and humanist who made important contributions to aesthetics, speculative philosophy, and literary criticism.
George Santayana was an influential 20th century American thinker whose philosophy connected a rich diversity of historical perspectives, culminating in a unique and unrivaled form of materialism, one recommending a bold reconciliation of spirit and nature.
George Santayana offers an instructive contrast to this American philosophical tradition and the culture out of which it grows, but he does so without departing from the naturalism and respect for science that come close to defining Pragmatism.
George Santayana, orig. Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santillana, (born Dec. 16, 1863, Madrid, Spain—died Sept. 26, 1952, Rome, Italy), Spanish-born U.S. philosopher, poet, and humanist. Santayana moved to the U.S. as a boy in 1872.
May 18, 2018 · George Santayana (1863-1952), Spanish and American philosopher, developed a personal form of critical realism that was skeptical, materialistic, and humanistic. George Santayana was unique among American and European philosophers during his long lifetime.
Nov 19, 2023 · George Santayana, the philosopher who authored the aphorism: ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’. A new anthology collects the works of the Madrid-born scholar, who...
SANTAYANA, GEORGE(1863–1952) George Santayana, the philosopher and man of letters, was born in Madrid. His parents separated within a few years of his birth, and his mother went to live in Boston, Massachusetts, with the children of a previous marriage.
(1863–1952) Spanish-born US philosopher and poet. Born in Madrid, Santayana was brought to Boston at the age of eight. He was educated at Harvard and remained there on the faculty until 1912, when, with the aid of a small inheritance, he left the USA for Europe.
