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Record Nr.

UNINA9910901891903321

Autore

Santayana George <1863-1952, >

Titolo

Winds of doctrine : studies in contemporary opinion / / by George Santayana ; edited by David E. Spiech, Martin A. Coleman, and Faedra Lazar Weiss with an introduction by Paul Forster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023]

ISBN

0-262-37732-2

0-262-37733-0

Edizione

[Critical edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 pages)

Collana

The works of George Santayana; ; volume IX

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern

Spiritual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Paul Forster -- Preface to the second edition (1926) -- WINDS OF DOCTRINE -- I: THE INTELLECTUAL TEMPER OF THE AGE -- II: MODERNISM AND CHRISTIANITY -- III: THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. HENRI BERGSON -- IV: THE PHILOSOPHY OF MR. BERTRAND RUSSELL -- V: SHELLEY: OR THE POETIC VALUE OF REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES -- VI: THE GENTEEL TRADITION IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY -- Editorial Appendix -- Explanation of the Editorial Appendix -- Editorial Sigla and Symbols -- Standard Reference Bibliography -- Notes to the Text -- Chronology of the Life and Work of George Santayana -- Textual Commentary -- Discussions of Adopted Readings -- List of Emendations -- Report of Line-End Hyphenation -- List of Variants -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In a few hundred pages Santayana endeavors to sum up the dominant intellectual currents of early twentieth-century thought and trace their implications for American culture, for ethics and religion, for arts and letters, and for philosophy"--