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George Santayana,Literary Philosopher Books by Irving Singer George Santayana,Literary Philosopher Reality Transformed:Film as Meaning and Technique Meaning in Life The Creation of Value The Pursuit of Love The Harmony of Nature and Spirit The Nature of Love Plato to Luther Courtly and Romantic The Modern World Mozart and Beethoven:The Concept of Love in Their Operas The Goals of Human Sexuality Santayana’s Aesthetics Essays in Literary Criticism by George Santayana (editor) The Nature and Pursuit of Love:The Philosophy of Irving Singer (edited by David Goicoechea) George Santayana, Literary Philosopher Irving Singer Yale University Press New Haven & London Copyright © by Irving Singer. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced,in whole or in part,including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections and of the U.S.Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press),without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Rebecca Gibb. Set in Bembo type by The Composing Room of Michigan,Inc. Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press,Binghamton,New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Singer,Irving. George Santayana,literary philosopher / Irving Singer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN ---(cloth :alk.paper) . Santayana,George,‒. I. Title. B.SS —dc - A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. To the memory of Walter Jackson Bate and Henry David Aiken Contents Preface ix A Pilgrimage to Santayana His Host the World The Last Puritan Idealization:Santayana versus Freud Santayana’s Philosophy of Love Santayana as a Literary Critic Greatness in Art The Basis of Aesthetic and Moral Criticism Epilogue Notes Index Preface ,the American philosopher who meant the most to me was John Dewey.During my early years,which co- incided with the Depression and World War II,Dewey represented most ofwhat I believed in at the time:naturalism,humanism,dem- ocratic pluralism,pragmatism as the clue to knowledge.I felt that he,better than any other philosopher I had read,understood the goodness ofa healthy-minded life that combines the best in science and in art.My undergraduate honors thesis on Dewey’s theory of ix
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