The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two /
First Statement of Responsibility
by George Santayana ; co-edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman ; introduction by James Gouinlock.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Critical edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Baltimore, Maryland :
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Project Muse,
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
MIT Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2013]
Place of Manufacture
(Baltimore, Md. :
Place of Manufacture
(Baltimore, Md. :
Name of Manufacturer
Project MUSE,
Name of Manufacturer
Project MUSE,
Date of Manufacture
2015)
Date of Manufacture
2015)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (1 PDF (lv, 249 pages))
SERIES
Series Title
The works of George Santayana ;
Volume Designation
volume VII
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.