George Santayana and emotional distance in philosophy and politics

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 a...

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Main Authors:	John Christian Laursen, Ramón Román Alcalá
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-04-01
Series:	Revista de Filosofia
Subjects:	Santayana Scepticism Nihilism Epicureanism Materialism Cynicism Spinozism Political Life
Online Access:	http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/48437

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George Santayana and emotional distance in philosophy and politics

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