The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress Reason in Art, Volume VII, Book Four / Book four, Reason in art / by George Santayana ; co-edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman ; introduction by James Gouinlock. Reason in art / Book four,

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santayana, George, 1863-1952, author.

Contributor:

Gouinlock, James, writer of introduction.

Coleman, Martin A., editor.

Wokeck, Marianne Sophia, editor.

Series:

Works of George Santayana

Works of George Santayana ; v. 7

Standardized Title:

Life of reason

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

Critical edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction / by James Gouinlock

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

Reason in art critical edition text

Chronology

Appendix

List of variants between Reason in art (1905) and The life of reason (abridged one-volume edition)

Editorial appendix.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780262329941

0262329948

OCLC:

918625450