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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santayana, George, 1863-1952, author.

Contributor:

Wokeck, Marianne S., editor.

Coleman, Martin A., editor.

Gouinlock, James, writer of introduction.

Series:

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

The Works of George Santayana ; Volume 2, Book 1

Standardized Title:

Life of reason

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v. )

Edition:

Critical edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Santayana argues that instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Santayana''s Life of Reason , published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating the ideal. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely. In this first book of the work, Santayana provides an account of how the human animal develops instinct, passion, and chaotic experience into rationality and ideal life. Inspired by Aristotle''s De Anima , Darwin''s evolutionary theory, and William James''s The Principles of Psychology , Santayana contends that the requirements of action in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , Reason in Art , and Reason in Science . n in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , Reason in Art , and Reason in Science . n in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , Reason in Art , and Reason in Science . n in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , Reason in Art , and Reason in Science . n of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , Reason in Art , and Reason in Science .

Contents:

book 1. Introduction, and Reason in common sense

book 2. Reason in society.

Notes:

bk. 1. Introduction and Reason in common sense

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780262298162

0262298163

9780262303583

0262303582

OCLC:

835763375