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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.
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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.
Apr 5, 2024 · 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. From 1912, he resided in Europe, chiefly in France and Italy.
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.
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George Santayana was a Spanish-born American philosopher who is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the most prominent champions of critical realism. He was also a critic, dramatist, educator, essayist, novelist, and poet.
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.
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.
