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Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (/ ˌ s æ n t i ˈ æ n ə,-ˈ ɑː n ə /; December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
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Feb 11, 2002 · Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic.
George Santayana was a Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and humanist who made important contributions to aesthetics, speculative philosophy, and literary criticism. From 1912, he resided in Europe, chiefly in France and Italy.
George Santayana was an influential 20th century American thinker whose philosophy connected a rich diversity of historical perspectives, culminating in a unique and unrivaled form of materialism, one recommending a bold reconciliation of spirit and nature.
May 18, 2018 · George Santayana (1863-1952), Spanish and American philosopher, developed a personal form of critical realism that was skeptical, materialistic, and humanistic. George Santayana was unique among American and European philosophers during his long lifetime.
George Santayana, orig. Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santillana, (born Dec. 16, 1863, Madrid, Spain—died Sept. 26, 1952, Rome, Italy), Spanish-born U.S. philosopher, poet, and humanist. Santayana moved to the U.S. as a boy in 1872.
George Santayana was a philosopher, poet, critic, and best-selling novelist. He was born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana in Madrid, Spain, on 16 December 1863. In 1872 his mother brought him to the United States, where he attended Boston Latin School and then Harvard University.
George Santayana, the philosopher and man of letters, was born in Madrid. His parents separated within a few years of his birth, and his mother went to live in Boston, Massachusetts, with the children of a previous marriage. Santayana grew up in Á vila under his father's care, but at the age of eight he joined his mother in Boston.
George Santayana offers an instructive contrast to this American philosophical tradition and the culture out of which it grows, but he does so without departing from the naturalism and respect for science that come close to defining Pragmatism.
