George Santayana at 150

Edited by Matthew C. Flamm; Giuseppe Patella and Jennifer A. Rea - Contributions by Jose Beltran; Michael Brodrick; Martin A. Coleman; David Dilworth; Cayetano Estebanez; Michael P. Hodges; John Lachs; Daniel Moreno; Charles Padron; Daniel Pinkas; Herman

Santayana at 150: International Interpretations is an anthology gathering seventeen scholar's essays on the thought and life of Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. Themes considered include: materialism, naturalistic ethics, aesthetics, and cosmopolitanism. This volume marks the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Santayana's birth.

General IntroductionPart I: Reconciling Material and Ideal RealitiesSection IntroductionChapter 1: Bifurcation of MaterialismChapter 2: Free Will for a MaterialistChapter 3: Nature and the Ideal in Santayana's PhilosophyChapter 4: Mediterranean Aestheticism and Epicurean MaterialismPart II: Santayana's CosmopolitanismSection IntroductionChapter 5: Cosmopolitanism and the Spiritual LifeChapter 6: Poetic Italy in the Works of SantayanaChapter 7: A Traveling PhilosophyChapter 8: Ruins as Seats of ValuesChapter 9: Santayana's Theory of ArtPart III: Morality and TruthSection IntroductionChapter 10: Scientific EthicsChapter 11: On Celebrating the Death of Another PersonChapter 12: The Realm of Truth in SantayanaChapter 13: Was Santayana a Stoic Pragmatist?Part IV: The Personal and the SpiritualSection IntroductionChapter 14: Santayana's EpicureanismChapter 15: The World, a StageChapter 16: Transcending Means and Ends Near the End of LifeChapter 17: Santayana's Relationship to RomeAfterwordAbout the Contributors