George Santayana and emotional distance in philosophy and politics

  • John Christian Laursen University of California, Riverside
  • Ramón Román Alcalá Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de Córdoba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RESF.2015.v40.n1.48437
Keywords: Santayana, Scepticism, Nihilism, Epicureanism, Materialism, Cynicism, Spinozism, Political Life

Abstract

George Santayana (1863-1952) appears emotionally distant and personally uncommitted in many of his writings. In what may have been a related phenomenon, he does not seem to have committed to any school of philosophy, but rather to draw from many of the available schools when it suited him. In this article, we assess his constantly changing use of different philosophies and its implications for both philosophy and politics.

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Published
2015-02-24
How to Cite
Laursen J. C. y Román Alcalá R. (2015). George Santayana and emotional distance in philosophy and politics. Revista de Filosofía , 40(1), 7-28. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RESF.2015.v40.n1.48437
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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2015)
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