Santayana, George - Persons and Places, Vol. 2：The Middle Span

210 Pages·1945·19.39 MB·English

by  George, Santayana

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By George Santayana
PERSONS AND PLACES : THE BACKGROUND OF MY LIFE
THE MIDDLE SPAN : VOL. Jl OF PERSONS AND PLACES
REALMS OF BEING
THE REALM OF SPIRIT
THE REALM OF TRUTH
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SANTAYANA : SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS
OF GEORGE SANTAYANA
OBITER SCRIPTA : ESSAYS AND REVIEWS
LECTURES,
THE LAST PUEITAN ! A MEMOIR IN THE FORM OF A NOVEL
SOME TURNS OF THOUGHT IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY
THE GENTEEL TRADITION AT BAY
THE REALM OF ESSENCE
THE REALM OF MATTER
PLATGNISM AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
DIALOGUES IN LIMBO
POEMS
SCEPTICISM AND ANIMAL FAITH
EGOTISM IN GERMAN PHILOSOPHY
IN ENGLAND AND LATER
SOLILOQUIES SOLILOQUIES
CHARACTER AND OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES
THE SENSE OF BEAUTY
INTERPRETATIONS OF POETRY AND RELIGION
THE HERMIT OF CARMEL AND OTHER POEMS
WINDS OF DOCTRINE
THE LIFE OF REASON : OR THE PHASES OF HUMAN PROGRESS
I. Introduction and Reason In Common Sense
II. Reason In
Society
III. Reason in
Religion
IV. Reason In Art
V, Reason In Science
LITTLE ESSAYS DRAWN
FROM THE WORKS OF GEORGE SANTAYANA
Pearsall with the collaboration the
author.
By Logan Smith,
of
Charles Scribner's Sons
THE MIDDLE SPAN
In tills continuation of
George Santayana's
account of his life there is the same wisdom,
of and vivid of
beauty style portrayal people
which the first volume of "Per-
distinguished
sons and Places" as one of the auto-
great
of all time.
biographies
"The Middle in 1886 with
Span" begins
Mr. student in at
Santayana's years Germany
Dresden and Berlin. "The Ger-
Gb'ttingen,
of 1886 . . . did not enamour
me,"
many
writes Mr. "and at the of twen-
Santayana, age
a man needs to be enamoured.
ty-three young
A however, was not far off across the
siren,
North Sea. . . ."
The siren was which
England, Santayana
with "the excitement of a child"
approached
and of svhich he writes with love and in-
Here are of a London
sight. prose-pictures
and a of life that have and
vanished,
way
numerous of notable
flashing portraits people
of the time. From Mr.
England Santayana
went to and revisited the old
Spain family
home in Avila. which such an unfor-
played
in the first volume of his auto-
gettable part
and from there he returned to
biography,
America to take his work as lecturer on
up
at Harvard.
philosophy
GEORGE
SANTAYANA