The life of reason, or, The phases of human progress Book 2, Reason in society / by George Santayana ; co-edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman ; with an introduction by James Gouinlock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santayana, George, 1863-1952.

Contributor:

Wokeck, Marianne Sophia.

Coleman, Martin A.

Series:

Santayana, George, 1863-1952. 1986 ; Works. v. 7.

The works of George Santayana ; v. 7

Life of reason ; bk. 2

Works of George Santayana

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Philosophers--United States.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

Critical ed.

Other Title:

Phases of human progress

Reason in society

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Influential philosopher, poet, and literary critic George Santayana (1863-1952) was a thorough naturalist, concerned with the ideal factors in human experience. He held that everything possesses a natural basis and that everything natural has an ideal development. In this one-volume edition of his early work, The Life of Reason (originally published 1905-6), Santayana argues that rational life is embodied in various ideal forms, including religion, and that religion may be embodied in reason. However, this is not to say that religion is grounded in science; rather, religion is poetic, a rendering of natural events in a dramatic form. Hence, to take so-called religious truths as literal claims is preposterous.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction by James Gouinlock

Table of contents based on Scribner's first edition (1905)

Reason in society critical edition text

Chronology

Appendix

Editorial Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-31467-3

0-262-31466-5

OCLC:

867739511