In 1900, Santayana’s assault on conventional pieties outraged contemporaries like William James. This first work of prose criticism asserts that “poetry is called religion when it intervenes in life, and religion, when it merely supervenes upon life, is seen to be nothing but poetry.” Santayana’s ideas continue to influence debates over science and religion.
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George Santayana (1863-1952) was a Spanish-born American philosopher, poet, and critic, whose aphorisms—such as ’Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” became famous. He taught in the philosophy department at Harvard where his students included T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Gertrude Stein, and W. E. B. Dubois.
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 308 ● ISBN 9781411450547 ● Filstorlek 0.3 MB ● Ålder 99-17 år ● Utgivare Barnes & Noble ● Publicerad 2011 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 8513784 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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