Life of Reason
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Life of Reason

The Phases of Human Progress

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  1. 914 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Life of Reason

The Phases of Human Progress

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About this book

Philosopher George Santayana published The Life of Reason in five volumes between 1905 and 1906. Said to be the most fully-realized articulation of Santayana's moral philosophy, the volumes of this set are Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science; all contained in this edition. Considered by many to be one of the more well-written and poetic works in Western philosophy, The Life of Reason gives us the often-quoted "e;those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."e;

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Table of contents

  1. THE LIFE OF REASON
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction to "The Life of Reason"
  4. VOLUME I - REASON IN COMMON SENSE
  5. Chapter I - The Birth of Reason
  6. Chapter II - First Steps and First Fluctuations
  7. Chapter III - The Discovery of Natural Objects
  8. Chapter IV - On Some Critics of this Discovery
  9. Chapter V - Nature Unified and Mind Discerned
  10. Chapter VI - Discovery of Fellow-Minds
  11. Chapter VII - Concretions in Discourse and in Exis…
  12. Chapter VIII - On the Relative Value of Things and…
  13. Chapter IX - How Thought is Practical
  14. Chapter X - The Measure of Values in Reflection
  15. Chapter XI - Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal
  16. Chapter XII - Flux and Constancy in Human Nature
  17. VOLUME II - REASON IN SOCIETY
  18. Chapter I - Love
  19. Chapter II - The Family
  20. Chapter III - Industry, Government, and War
  21. Chapter IV - The Aristocratic Ideal
  22. Chapter V - Democracy
  23. Chapter VI - Free Society
  24. Chapter VII - Patriotism
  25. Chapter VIII - Ideal Society
  26. VOLUME III - REASON IN RELIGION
  27. Chapter I - How Religion May Be an Embodiment of R…
  28. Chapter II - Rational Elements in Superstition
  29. Chapter III - Magic, Sacrifice, and Prayer
  30. Chapter IV - Mythology
  31. Chapter V - The Hebraic Tradition
  32. Chapter VI - The Christian Epic
  33. Chapter VII - Pagan Custom and Barbarian Genius In…
  34. Chapter VIII - Conflict of Mythology with Moral Tr…
  35. Chapter IX - The Christian Compromise
  36. Chapter X - Piety
  37. Chapter XI - Spirituality and Its Corruptions
  38. Chapter XII - Charity
  39. Chapter XIII - The Belief in a Future Life
  40. Chapter XIV - Ideal Immortality
  41. Chapter XV - Conclusion
  42. VOLUME IV - REASON IN ART
  43. Chapter I - The Basis of Art in Instinct and Exper…
  44. Chapter II - Rationality of Industrial Art
  45. Chapter III - Emergence of Fine Art
  46. Chapter IV - Music
  47. Chapter V - Speech and Signification
  48. Chapter VI - Poetry and Prose
  49. Chapter VII - Plastic Construction
  50. Chapter VIII - Plastic Representation
  51. Chapter IX - Justification of Art
  52. Chapter X - The Criterion of Taste
  53. Chapter XI - Art and Happiness
  54. VOLUME V - REASON IN SCIENCE
  55. Chapter I - Types and Aims of Science
  56. Chapter II - History
  57. Chapter III - Mechanism
  58. Chapter IV - Hesitations in Method
  59. Chapter V - Psychology
  60. Chapter VI - The Nature of Intent
  61. Chapter VII - Dialectic
  62. Chapter VIII - Prerational Morality
  63. Chapter IX - Rational Ethics
  64. Chapter X - Post-Rational Morality
  65. Chapter XI - The Validity of Science
  66. Endnotes