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. He was a naturalist before naturalism grew popular; he appreciated multiple perfections before multiculturalism became an issue; he thought of philosophy as literature before it became a theme in American and European scholarly circles; and he managed to naturalize Platonism, update Aristotle, fight off idealisms, and provide a striking and sensitive account of the spiritual life without being a religious believer. His Hispanic heritage, shaded by his sense of being an outsider in America, captures many qualities of American life missed by insiders, and presents views equal to Tocqueville in quality and importance. Beyond philosophy, only Emerson may match his literary production. As a public figure, he appeared on the front cover of Time (3 February 1936), and his autobiography (Persons and Places, 1944) and only novel (The Last Puritan, 1936) were the best-selling books in the United States as Book-of-the-Month Club selections. The novel was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Edmund Wilson ranked Persons and Places among the few first-rate autobiographies, comparing it favorably to Yeats's memoirs, The Education of Henry Adams, and Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Remarkably, Santayana achieved this stature in American thought without being an American citizen. He proudly retained his Spanish citizenship throughout his life. Yet, as he readily admitted, it is as an American that his philosophical and literary corpuses are to be judged. Using contemporary classifications, Santayana is the first and foremost Hispanic-American philosopher
George Santayana was born on December 16, 1863.
George Santayana was born on December 16, 1863.
George Santayana, a philosopher
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It's the surname of an American philosopher, George Santayana.
George Santayana died on September 26, 1952 at the age of 88.
George Santayana was born on December 16, 1863 and died on September 26, 1952. George Santayana would have been 88 years old at the time of death or 151 years old today.
George Santayana, 1863-1953, American philosopher
He was a philosopher and cultural critic. He is credited with having coined the phrase, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
The philosopher George Santayana, born in Spain of Spanish and American parents, moved to the United States and taught at Harvard. Various sources state that he retired to Avila, in Spain, or Paris, London, and/or Rome. The philosopher George Santayana is not French now is he? Georges Sorel is the answer you are looking for. George Santayana wrote four books, Georges Sorel wrote one. George Santayana is important in Philosophy, Georges Sorel is important in Socialist and Fascist thought. Either that, or neither is important.
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