The new issue of Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the George Santayana Society (Number 34, Fall 2016) is now available online for free. It features articles by Jay Bregman on “Santayana and Neoplantonism,” Tim Madigan on Santayana and Irving Singer, Daniel Pinkas on Santayana’s criticism of Henri Bergson, Nancy Ogle on “Santayana and Voice,” and Richard Rubin …
Read MoreWith the publication this month of the critical edition of George Santayana’s (1863–1952) Reason in Science, Book 5 of The Life of Reason by The MIT Press, the Santayana Edition has completed Volume VII of The Works of George Santayana. Five years after the first book of this volume appeared, Reason in Science becomes the …
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To Porter Garnett San Francisco, California. August 15, 1911 I am struck in California by the deep and almost religious affection which people have for nature, and by the sensitiveness they show to its influences; not merely poetically, but also athletically, because they like to live as nature lives. It is a relief from business …
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To Charles Augustus Strong Paris. Aug. 4, 1912 I have been reading the last volume of the Bible (the Epistles & Apocalypse) in your modern edition. I long for notes; but even half understood the stuff is extraordinary. What could be more remote from polite religion than this palpitating, eschatological, revolutionary delusion? And what fisticuffs—controversial …
Read MoreOne of the forthcoming volumes for The Santayana Edition is Volume 8: Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe. As a research assistant here at the Edition, part of my work involves doing various tasks to help develop many of the future volumes. For example, I have reviewed transcriptions, numbered 1200 microfilmed pages of …
Read MoreComing to America Academic dress, or regalia, is a type of clothing worn by students and faculty. In the United States, this form of dress generally consists of a cap and gown and is worn during commencement ceremonies or other special occasions. The history of academic regalia dates back to the Middle Ages as …
Read MoreThe results of the Angus Kerr-Lawson Essay Prize are in! The winning essay is: “Metaethics for Mavericks: Santayana and Nietzsche on False Idols and True Poetry” by Dr. Diana Heney of Fordham University. Dr. Heney will be awarded $300 and will present her essay at the January 2017 Eastern APA meeting. The runner up is: …
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