Santayana, George 1863-1952
Overview
| Works: | 1,549 works in 5,378 publications in 9 languages and 123,947 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Bildungsromans Autobiographical fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Biographies Poetry Autobiographies Personal correspondence Academic theses Literary criticism |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Former owner, Creator, Editor, Lyricist, Composer, Author of introduction |
| Classifications: | B945.S23, 191 |
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Most widely held works about
George Santayana
- The letters of George Santayana by George Santayana( )
- Santayana : an examination of his philosophy by T. L. S Sprigge( )
- George Santayana, literary philosopher by Irving Singer( )
- The genteel tradition and the sacred rage : high culture vs. democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana by Robert Dawidoff( )
- Persons and places by George Santayana( Book )
- The essential Santayana : selected writings by George Santayana( )
- The letters of George Santayana by George Santayana( )
- Living in the eternal : a study of George Santayana by Anthony Woodward( )
- George Santayana by Newton P Stallknecht( Book )
- Under any sky : contemporary readings of George Santayana by Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński( )
- Santayana and America : values, liberties, responsibility by Krysztof Piotr Skowroñski( )
- George Santayana : a biography by John McCormick( Book )
- George Santayana's philosophy of religion : his Roman Catholic influences and phenomenology by Edward W Lovely( )
- Seven American stylists from Poe to Mailer: an introduction by George T Wright( Book )
- George Santayana by George W Howgate( Book )
- George Santayana by John Lachs( Book )
- A history of American poetry, 1900-1940 by Horace Gregory( Book )
- The mind of Santayana by Richard Butler( Book )
- The essential wisdom of George Santayana by Thomas N Munson( Book )
- The human eros : eco-ontology and the aesthetics of existence by Thomas M Alexander( )
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Most widely held works by
George Santayana
The life of reason, or, The phases of human progress by
George Santayana(
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262 editions published between 1905 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 5,438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Santayana's Life of Reason, published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating the ideal. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely. In this first book of the work, Santayana provides an account of how the human animal develops instinct, passion, and chaotic experience into rationality and ideal life. Inspired by Aristotle's De Anima, Darwin's evolutionary theory, and William James's The Principles of Psychology, Santayana contends that the requirements of action in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars
262 editions published between 1905 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 5,438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Santayana's Life of Reason, published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating the ideal. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely. In this first book of the work, Santayana provides an account of how the human animal develops instinct, passion, and chaotic experience into rationality and ideal life. Inspired by Aristotle's De Anima, Darwin's evolutionary theory, and William James's The Principles of Psychology, Santayana contends that the requirements of action in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists. This Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars
George Santayana's marginalia : a critical selection by
George Santayana(
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17 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 3,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of Santayana's notes in the margins of other authors' works that sheds light on his thought, art, and life. In his essay "Imagination," George Santayana writes, "There are books in which the footnotes, or the comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margins, may be more interesting than the text." Santayana himself was an inveterate maker of notes in the margins of his books, writing (although neatly, never scrawling) comments that illuminate, contest, or interestingly expand the author's thought. These volumes offer a selection of Santayana's marginalia, transcribed from books in his personal library. These notes give the reader an unusual perspective on Santayana's life and work. He is by turns critical (often), approving (seldom), literary slangy, frivolous, and even spiteful. The notes show his humor, his occasional outcry at a writer's folly, his concern for the niceties of English prose and the placing of Greek accent marks.These two volumes list alphabetically by author all the books extant that belonged to Santayana, reproducing a selection of his annotations intended to be of use to the reader or student of Santayana's thought, his art, and his life.Santayana, often living in solitude, spent a great deal of his time talking to, and talking back to, a wonderful miscellany of writers, from Spinoza to Kant to J. S. Mill to Bertrand Russell. These notes document those conversations
17 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 3,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of Santayana's notes in the margins of other authors' works that sheds light on his thought, art, and life. In his essay "Imagination," George Santayana writes, "There are books in which the footnotes, or the comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margins, may be more interesting than the text." Santayana himself was an inveterate maker of notes in the margins of his books, writing (although neatly, never scrawling) comments that illuminate, contest, or interestingly expand the author's thought. These volumes offer a selection of Santayana's marginalia, transcribed from books in his personal library. These notes give the reader an unusual perspective on Santayana's life and work. He is by turns critical (often), approving (seldom), literary slangy, frivolous, and even spiteful. The notes show his humor, his occasional outcry at a writer's folly, his concern for the niceties of English prose and the placing of Greek accent marks.These two volumes list alphabetically by author all the books extant that belonged to Santayana, reproducing a selection of his annotations intended to be of use to the reader or student of Santayana's thought, his art, and his life.Santayana, often living in solitude, spent a great deal of his time talking to, and talking back to, a wonderful miscellany of writers, from Spinoza to Kant to J. S. Mill to Bertrand Russell. These notes document those conversations
The last Puritan : a memoir in the form of a novel by
George Santayana(
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98 editions published between 1935 and 2001 in English and held by 2,658 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Published in 1935, George Santayana's The last Puritan was the American philosopher's only novel and it became an instant best seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self-discovery to The education of Henry Adams. It is essentially a novel of ideas expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. Oliver escapes puritanical self-destruction, the inability to celebrate life, through a form of self-knowledge that Santayana endorses throughout his moral philosophy
98 editions published between 1935 and 2001 in English and held by 2,658 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Published in 1935, George Santayana's The last Puritan was the American philosopher's only novel and it became an instant best seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self-discovery to The education of Henry Adams. It is essentially a novel of ideas expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. Oliver escapes puritanical self-destruction, the inability to celebrate life, through a form of self-knowledge that Santayana endorses throughout his moral philosophy
Interpretations of poetry and religion by
George Santayana(
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77 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1900, Santayana's assault on conventional pieties outraged contemporaries like William James. This first work of prose criticism asserts that poetry is called religion when it intervenes in life, and religion, when it merely supervenes upon life, is seen to be nothing but poetry. Santayana's ideas continue to influence debates over science and religion
77 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1900, Santayana's assault on conventional pieties outraged contemporaries like William James. This first work of prose criticism asserts that poetry is called religion when it intervenes in life, and religion, when it merely supervenes upon life, is seen to be nothing but poetry. Santayana's ideas continue to influence debates over science and religion
The sense of beauty, being the outlines of aesthetic theory by
George Santayana(
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82 editions published between 1896 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This work contains the chief ideas gathered together for a course of lectures on the theory and history of aesthetics given at Harvard College from 1892 to 1895. The only originality the author claims is that which may result from the attempt to put together the scattered commonplaces of criticism into a system, under the inspiration of a naturalistic psychology. His effort throughout has been to recall those fundamental aesthetic feelings the orderly extension of which yields sanity of judgment and distinction of taste"--Pref. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)
82 editions published between 1896 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This work contains the chief ideas gathered together for a course of lectures on the theory and history of aesthetics given at Harvard College from 1892 to 1895. The only originality the author claims is that which may result from the attempt to put together the scattered commonplaces of criticism into a system, under the inspiration of a naturalistic psychology. His effort throughout has been to recall those fundamental aesthetic feelings the orderly extension of which yields sanity of judgment and distinction of taste"--Pref. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)
Physical order and moral liberty : previously unpublished essays of George Santayana by
George Santayana(
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17 editions published between 1969 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1969 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three philosophical poets; Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by
George Santayana(
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81 editions published between 1910 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,998 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the world's most renowned and provocative thinkers discusses Lucretius, the materialist; Dante, the supernaturalist; and Goethe, the romanticist; and thereby introduces the three dominant systems of Western philosophy--the sources of our major speculative traditions. This work serves the newcomer to the history of philosophy as an admirable introduction to the field, and for the more advanced reader it is a most concise and meaningful interpretation of these three great philosophical poets
81 editions published between 1910 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,998 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the world's most renowned and provocative thinkers discusses Lucretius, the materialist; Dante, the supernaturalist; and Goethe, the romanticist; and thereby introduces the three dominant systems of Western philosophy--the sources of our major speculative traditions. This work serves the newcomer to the history of philosophy as an admirable introduction to the field, and for the more advanced reader it is a most concise and meaningful interpretation of these three great philosophical poets
Scepticism and animal faith : introduction to a system of philosophy by
George Santayana(
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71 editions published between 1901 and 2015 in English and Spanish and held by 1,823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Scepticism and Animal Faith, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects independent of our perception and the awareness of essences attributed to objects by our mind, or between what Santayana calls the realm of existents and the realm of subsistent
71 editions published between 1901 and 2015 in English and Spanish and held by 1,823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Scepticism and Animal Faith, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects independent of our perception and the awareness of essences attributed to objects by our mind, or between what Santayana calls the realm of existents and the realm of subsistent
The letters of George Santayana by
George Santayana(
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11 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in English and held by 1,746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Works of George Santayana, Volume V, brings together a total of 3,081 letters. Book One covers the longest period of time, in effect spanning Santayana's correspondence from the 1880s through most of the first decade of the twentieth century.edited and with an introduction by William G. Holzberger Since the first selection of George Santayana's letters was published in 1955, shortly after his death, many more letters have been located. The Works of George Santayana, Volume V, brings together a total of 3,081 letters. The volume is divided chronologically into eight books of roughly comparable length. Book One covers the longest period of time, in effect spanning Santayana's correspondence from the 1880s through most of the first decade of the twentieth century. It illuminates Santayana's life from the age of nineteen until well into his middle years, when he had established his professional career as a full professor at Harvard.In his introduction, William Holzberger summarizes their significance as follows: "We find in Santayana's letters not only a distillation of his philosophy but also a multitude of new perspectives on the published work. The responses to his correspondents are filled with spontaneous comments on and restatements of his fundamental philosophical ideas and principles. Because Santayana's philosophy was not for him a thing apart, but rather the foundation of his existence, the letters indicate the ways in which his entire life was permeated and directed by that philosophy."
11 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in English and held by 1,746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Works of George Santayana, Volume V, brings together a total of 3,081 letters. Book One covers the longest period of time, in effect spanning Santayana's correspondence from the 1880s through most of the first decade of the twentieth century.edited and with an introduction by William G. Holzberger Since the first selection of George Santayana's letters was published in 1955, shortly after his death, many more letters have been located. The Works of George Santayana, Volume V, brings together a total of 3,081 letters. The volume is divided chronologically into eight books of roughly comparable length. Book One covers the longest period of time, in effect spanning Santayana's correspondence from the 1880s through most of the first decade of the twentieth century. It illuminates Santayana's life from the age of nineteen until well into his middle years, when he had established his professional career as a full professor at Harvard.In his introduction, William Holzberger summarizes their significance as follows: "We find in Santayana's letters not only a distillation of his philosophy but also a multitude of new perspectives on the published work. The responses to his correspondents are filled with spontaneous comments on and restatements of his fundamental philosophical ideas and principles. Because Santayana's philosophy was not for him a thing apart, but rather the foundation of his existence, the letters indicate the ways in which his entire life was permeated and directed by that philosophy."
Dominations and powers : reflections on liberty, society, and government by
George Santayana(
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56 editions published between 1951 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A final survey on human affairs by an unillusioned naturalist."
56 editions published between 1951 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A final survey on human affairs by an unillusioned naturalist."
Some turns of thought on modern philosophy by
George Santayana(
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6 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in English and held by 1,570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in English and held by 1,570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
The letters of George Santayana by
George Santayana(
)
17 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in English and held by 1,449 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
17 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in English and held by 1,449 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
The genteel tradition in American philosophy ; and, Character and opinion in the United States by
George Santayana(
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11 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The letters of George Santayana by
George Santayana(
)
13 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
13 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
The birth of reason & other essays by
George Santayana(
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26 editions published between 1968 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 1,394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
26 editions published between 1968 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 1,394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Character and opinion in the United States by
George Santayana(
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74 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in English and French and held by 1,302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The moral background.--The academic environment.--William James.--Josiah Royce.--Later speculations.--Materialism and idealism in American life.--English liberty in America
74 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in English and French and held by 1,302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The moral background.--The academic environment.--William James.--Josiah Royce.--Later speculations.--Materialism and idealism in American life.--English liberty in America
Some turns of thought in modern philosophy; five essays by
George Santayana(
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40 editions published between 1933 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published 1933." Locke and the frontiers of common sense.--Fifty years of British idealism.--Revolutions in science.--A long way round to Nirvana.--The prestige of the infinite
40 editions published between 1933 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published 1933." Locke and the frontiers of common sense.--Fifty years of British idealism.--Revolutions in science.--A long way round to Nirvana.--The prestige of the infinite
Soliloquies in England and later soliloquies by
George Santayana(
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61 editions published between 1922 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this expansive collection, the breadth and wealth of Santayana's thinking is on full display. Covering topics such as philosophy, literature, society, naturalism, and multiculturalism (a century before the term was coined), these pieces demonstrate his profound influence on intellectual thought and cement his place as a seminal figure in classical American philosophy
61 editions published between 1922 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this expansive collection, the breadth and wealth of Santayana's thinking is on full display. Covering topics such as philosophy, literature, society, naturalism, and multiculturalism (a century before the term was coined), these pieces demonstrate his profound influence on intellectual thought and cement his place as a seminal figure in classical American philosophy
The letters of George Santayana by
George Santayana(
)
11 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
11 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The eight books of "The Letters of George Santayana" bring together over 3000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the 50 years since Sanayana's death. This sixth book covers four years of Santayana's life in Rome, his permanent residence since the late 1920s
El animal humano : debate con Jorge Santayana by
George Santayana(
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7 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in Spanish and held by 1,118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in Spanish and held by 1,118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Holzberger, William G. Author of introduction Other Contributor Editor Author
- McCormick, John 1918-2010 Author of introduction Contributor Author Editor
- Lachs, John Author Editor
- Coleman, Martin A. Compiler Contributor Editor Author
- Singer, Irving Author of introduction Compiler Author Editor
- Wokeck, Marianne Sophia Contributor Editor
- Cory, Daniel 1904- Other Contributor Adapter Author of introduction Author Editor Compiler Collector
- Sprigge, T. L. S. (Timothy Lauro Squire) 1932-2007 Author
- Locke, John 1632-1704
- James, William 1842-1910
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Aesthetics Aiken, Conrad, American literature American poetry Belief and doubt Benét, William Rose, Civilization Crane, Hart, Crane, Stephen, Cummings, E. E.--(Edward Estlin), Dante Alighieri, Eliot, T. S.--(Thomas Stearns), English language--Style Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, James, William, Jeffers, Robinson, Literature Lowell, Amy, Lucretius Carus, Titus Mailer, Norman Masters, Edgar Lee, Millay, Edna St. Vincent, Miller, Joaquin, Moody, William Vaughn, Moore, Marianne, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Philosophers Philosophy Philosophy, American Philosophy, Modern Poe, Edgar Allan, Poetry Political science Pound, Ezra, Ransom, John Crowe, Religion Robinson, Edwin Arlington, Royce, Josiah, Rukeyser, Muriel, Sandburg, Carl, Santayana, George, Skepticism Stein, Gertrude, Stevens, Wallace, Teasdale, Sara, United States Warren, Robert Penn, Williams, William Carlos, Wylie, Elinor, Young men
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Corc Santayana
Džordžs Santajana
George Santayana
George Santayana écrivain et philosophe américano-hispanique
George Santayana filósofo, ensayista, poeta y novelista español (1863-1952)
George Santayana filosofo, scrittore e poeta spagnolo
George Santayana Spaans filosoof
George Santayana spanischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller
George Santayana Spanish-American philosopher
George Santayana spansk-amerikansk filosof
George Santayana spanyol-amerikai filozófus, író
Ruiz de Santayana, Jorge 1863-1952
Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás , Jorge Agustín Nicolás
Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, Jorge Agustín Nicolás 1863-1952
Santai︠a︡na, Dzhordzh
Santai︠a︡na, Dzhordzh 1863-1952
Santayana G.
Santayana, G. 1863-1952
Santayana George
Santayana, Georges
Santayana Georges 1863-1952
Santayana, Georgius.
Santayana Georgius 1863-1952
Santayana Giorgio
Santayana Jorge
Santayana Jorge 1863-1952
Santayana, Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de 1863-1952
Santayana, Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de
Santayana y Borrás, Jorge Agustín 1863-1952
Santayana y Borrás, Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de.
Santayana y Borras, Jorge de 1863-1952
Seòras Santayana
Τζορτζ Σανταγιάνα
Джордж Сантаяна
Джордж Сантаяна американский философ и писатель
Сантаяна Джордж
Сантаяна, Джордж 1863-1952
Сантаяна Джордж Августин Николас Руис де
Сантаяна, Джордж американский философ и писатель
Џорџ Сантајана
Џорџ Сантајана шпанско-американски филозоф
Ջորջ Սանտայանա
ג'ורג' סנטיאנה
جرج سانتایانا
جورج سانتايانا
جورج سانتيانا، 1863-1952
خورخى سانتايانا
خورخي سانتايانا فيلسوف أمريكي إسباني
سنتيانا، جورج، 1863-1952
जॉर्ज संतायाना
ஜார்ஜ் சண்டயானா 20 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு ஸ்பானிய அமெரிக்க மெய்யியலாளர், எழுத்தாளர்
산타야나, G. 1863-1952
산타야나, 조지 1863-1952
조지 산타야나
サンタヤーナ
ジョージ・サンタヤーナ
乔治·桑塔亚那
桑塔亚那・乔治
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