George Santayana, "The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy" in University of California Chronicle, Vol. 13 (1911), p. 366
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A cheery, child-like soul, impervious to the evidence of evil.
— George Santayana on Ralph Waldo Emerson
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About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
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