George Santayana, in "On My Friendly Critics", in Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)
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Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.
— George Santayana on Skepticism
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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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