The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). It consists of Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science. The work is considered to be the most complete expression of Santayana's moral philosophy [...]. Santayana's philosophy is strongly influenced by the materialism of Democritus and the refined ethics of Aristotle, with a special emphasis on the natural development of ideal ends. The Life of Reason is sometimes considered to be one of the most poetic and well-written works of philosophy in Western history. To supply but a single example, the oft-quoted aphorism of Santayana's, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," may be found on p. 284 of Reason in Common Sense. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
Introduction (all volumes), part 1Introduction (all volumes), part 2Introduction (all volumes), part 3Introduction (all volumes), part 4Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 3Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 4Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 3Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 3Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 3Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 4Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 1Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 2Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 3
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