Scepticism and Animal Faith (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Santayana
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Philosophy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Essays
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Emotions, Faith, Human behavior, Animals, Senses or sensation, Errors, Skepticism
Critical Evaluation:
SCEPTICISM AND ANIMAL FAITH was written as an introduction to a system of philosophy, a system later made explicit in Santayana’s four-volume THE REALMS OF BEING: THE REALM OF ESSENCE (1927), THE REALM OF MATTER (1930), THE REALM OF TRUTH (1938), THE REALM OF SPIRIT (1940). Despite the fact that the author believed that his ideas needed the extended treatment he gave them in these volumes, the introductory work remains the clearest, most concise, and most representative of Santayana’s works. Almost every...
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