George Santayana, letter (16 August 1914) to Mary Williams Winslow. The Letters of George Santayana, Book Two 1910–1920, edited by William G. Holzberger (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001), p. 192.
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To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
— George Santayana on Patriotism
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography." in the context of "George Santayana, letter (16 August 1914) to Mary Williams Winslow. The Letters of George Santayana, Book Two 1910–1920, edited by William G. Holzberger (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001), p. 192." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Patriotism" (S)
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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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