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George Santayana.(new edition of Santayana's works)
Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage: for when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.
--Spinoza, The Ethics
"Aplomb in the midst of irrational things"--that's my motto!
--Santayana to William Morton Fullerton, 1887
It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene And you--it is you that speak it, without speech, The loftiest syllables among loftiest things, The one invulnerable man among Crude captains, ...
--Wallace Stevens, "To an Old Philosopher in Rome"
When John McCormick published George Santayana: A Biography in 1987, he began the introduction by registering his "bewilderment that so moving and powerful a figure, justifiably famous in his own day, should have been so unjustifiably neglected in ours." McCormick noted with disgust that even The Last Puritan (1935)--Santayana's one novel and probably his most famous work--had been "unavailable ... for years."
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- Magazine article from: Public Personnel Management Williams, Russell L. Bowman, James S. March 22, 2007 700+ words
...nothing is unkindness ..." --George Santayana (1) A constant tension exists...point is philosopher and poet George Santayana (1863-1952) who lived in...a thousand meanings." --George Santayana (7) Modern civil service systems...
- George Santayana: A Biography.
- Magazine article from: National Review Martin, Regis May 13, 1988 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Modern Age Corey, David D. September 22, 2003 700+ words
...conservatism: the philosopher and man of letters George Santayana (1863-1952), whom Russell Kirk includes in...first edition the subtitle read, "From Burke to Santayana." Santayana was in many ways a profoundly important American...
- George Santayana, who taught there, called Harvard the "toy Athens" of...
- Magazine article from: National Review March 5, 2007 700+ words
George Santayana, who taught there, called Harvard the "toy Athens" of America. The toy Athens is looking pretty ragged these days. Harvard...
- Otherworldly religion. (Catholic tastes).(quote on meaning of religion, George...
- Magazine article from: U.S. Catholic Santayana, George November 1, 2002 700+ words
...live in--whether we pass wholly over into it or not--is what we mean by having a religion."--Philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952), quoted in Context, Sept. 15, 2002
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 26, 2004 700+ words
(From South China Morning Post) WHO OR WHAT IS CHINESE history for? The new curriculum for senior secondary level has a clear answer: it declares that its approach is "student-centred". In other words, its guiding principle is the need to present the history of China in a way that appears
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 21, 2004 700+ words
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- History redux: those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, said...
- Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History Jackson, Matt June 1, 2002 700+ words
It may have taken Lunenburg shipbuilders a decade to engineer a close replica of the good ship Hector, but the weather decided early on that it was not going to cooperate with the planned festivities. In fact, the afternoon of the Hector's planned relaunch was nothing short of miserable, complete
- Managing harmful incidents away: "those who do not remember the past are...
- Magazine article from: Feed & Grain Van Dyke, Jean February 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Midwest Weekend column: "THE LONELIEST WOMAN IN...
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) March 11, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Midwest Weekend Mar. 11--where the girls are BETH GAUPER Everywhere I go, I see groups of women out having fun. Women on bikes. Women on skis. Women shopping, sightseeing and sampling. Often, they're wearing the telltale colors of the Red Hat Society, a loose-knit organization of older
Source: HighBeam Research, George Santayana.(new edition of Santayana's works)