George Santayana at 150

International Intepretations

Contributions by Jose Beltran, Michael Brodrick, Martin A. Coleman Indiana University-Purdue, David Dilworth, Cayetano Estebanez, Michael P. Hodges, John Lachs Vanderbilt University, Daniel Moreno, Charles Padron, Daniel Pinkas, Herman Saatkamp, Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski, Glenn Tiller, Leonarda Vaiana, Amparo Zacares Edited by Matthew C. Flamm, Giuseppe Patella Università di Roma Tor Ve, Jennifer A. Rea

Publication date:

19 December 2013

Length of book:

286 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

236x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780739183083

Santayana at 150: International Interpretations is a collection of essays by seventeen authors celebrating the life and thought of Spanish–American philosopher George Santayana. This book appears on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Santayana’s birth. Appropriately, the authors come from both sides of the Atlantic and put forth a range of insights that demonstrate the continuing life and relevance of Santayana’s thinking. The book includes considerations of the major themes of his philosophy—materialism, naturalistic ethics, and aesthetics—and of the influence exerted on Santayana’s work by his life circumstances and geographic surroundings, especially of Rome.

General Introduction
Part I: Reconciling Material and Ideal Realities
Section Introduction
Chapter 1: Bifurcation of Materialism
Chapter 2: Free Will for a Materialist
Chapter 3: Nature and the Ideal in Santayana’s Philosophy
Chapter 4: Mediterranean Aestheticism and Epicurean Materialism
Part II: Santayana’s Cosmopolitanism
Section Introduction
Chapter 5: Cosmopolitanism and the Spiritual Life
Chapter 6: Poetic Italy in the Works of Santayana
Chapter 7: A Traveling Philosophy
Chapter 8: Ruins as Seats of Values
Chapter 9: Santayana’s Theory of Art
Part III: Morality and Truth
Section Introduction
Chapter 10: Scientific Ethics
Chapter 11: On Celebrating the Death of Another Person
Chapter 12: The Realm of Truth in Santayana
Chapter 13: Was Santayana a Stoic Pragmatist?
Part IV: The Personal and the Spiritual
Section Introduction
Chapter 14: Santayana’s Epicureanism
Chapter 15: The World, a Stage
Chapter 16: Transcending Means and Ends Near the End of Life
Chapter 17: Santayana’s Relationship to Rome
Afterword
About the Contributors

“This rich collection demonstrates the breadth and depth of Santayana’s philosophical reach. His influence spans continents and disciplinary specializations, and the chapters included in this volume display the ongoing significance of Santayana’s original ideas. This book is a fitting tribute to the birth of a man who lives on in the insightful contributions of these writers.”