The Life of Reason volume 1

George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). It consists of Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science. The work is considered to be the most complete expression of Santayana's moral philosophy [...]. Santayana's philosophy is strongly influenced by the materialism of Democritus and the refined ethics of Aristotle, with a special emphasis on the natural development of ideal ends. The Life of Reason is sometimes considered to be one of the most poetic and well-written works of philosophy in Western history. To supply but a single example, the oft-quoted aphorism of Santayana's, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," may be found on p. 284 of Reason in Common Sense. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Philosophy

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introduction (all volumes), part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
00:13:04
Play 02 Introduction (all volumes), part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 03 Introduction (all volumes), part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 04 Introduction (all volumes), part 4 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 05 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
00:12:05
Play 06 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
00:12:41
Play 07 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 08 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 09 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 10 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 11 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 12 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 13 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 14 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 4 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 15 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 16 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 17 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 18 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 19 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 20 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 21 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 22 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 23 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 24 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 25 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 26 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 27 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 28 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 4 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 29 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 30 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 31 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 32 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 33 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 34 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson
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Play 35 Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson
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