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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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PhilosophyTable of contents
- THE LIFE OF REASON
- Contents
- Introduction to "The Life of Reason"
- VOLUME I - REASON IN COMMON SENSE
- Chapter I - The Birth of Reason
- Chapter II - First Steps and First Fluctuations
- Chapter III - The Discovery of Natural Objects
- Chapter IV - On Some Critics of this Discovery
- Chapter V - Nature Unified and Mind Discerned
- Chapter VI - Discovery of Fellow-Minds
- Chapter VII - Concretions in Discourse and in Exis…
- Chapter VIII - On the Relative Value of Things and…
- Chapter IX - How Thought is Practical
- Chapter X - The Measure of Values in Reflection
- Chapter XI - Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal
- Chapter XII - Flux and Constancy in Human Nature
- VOLUME II - REASON IN SOCIETY
- Chapter I - Love
- Chapter II - The Family
- Chapter III - Industry, Government, and War
- Chapter IV - The Aristocratic Ideal
- Chapter V - Democracy
- Chapter VI - Free Society
- Chapter VII - Patriotism
- Chapter VIII - Ideal Society
- VOLUME III - REASON IN RELIGION
- Chapter I - How Religion May Be an Embodiment of R…
- Chapter II - Rational Elements in Superstition
- Chapter III - Magic, Sacrifice, and Prayer
- Chapter IV - Mythology
- Chapter V - The Hebraic Tradition
- Chapter VI - The Christian Epic
- Chapter VII - Pagan Custom and Barbarian Genius In…
- Chapter VIII - Conflict of Mythology with Moral Tr…
- Chapter IX - The Christian Compromise
- Chapter X - Piety
- Chapter XI - Spirituality and Its Corruptions
- Chapter XII - Charity
- Chapter XIII - The Belief in a Future Life
- Chapter XIV - Ideal Immortality
- Chapter XV - Conclusion
- VOLUME IV - REASON IN ART
- Chapter I - The Basis of Art in Instinct and Exper…
- Chapter II - Rationality of Industrial Art
- Chapter III - Emergence of Fine Art
- Chapter IV - Music
- Chapter V - Speech and Signification
- Chapter VI - Poetry and Prose
- Chapter VII - Plastic Construction
- Chapter VIII - Plastic Representation
- Chapter IX - Justification of Art
- Chapter X - The Criterion of Taste
- Chapter XI - Art and Happiness
- VOLUME V - REASON IN SCIENCE
- Chapter I - Types and Aims of Science
- Chapter II - History
- Chapter III - Mechanism
- Chapter IV - Hesitations in Method
- Chapter V - Psychology
- Chapter VI - The Nature of Intent
- Chapter VII - Dialectic
- Chapter VIII - Prerational Morality
- Chapter IX - Rational Ethics
- Chapter X - Post-Rational Morality
- Chapter XI - The Validity of Science
- Endnotes