Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe, critical edition, Volume 8: Volume VIII

Santayana, George, Dawson, Kellie, Spiech, David E.

  • 出版商: MIT
  • 出版日期: 2024-04-09
  • 售價: $3,230
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 280
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 0262551829
  • ISBN-13: 9780262551823
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Santayana's argument for the unity of philosophy and poetry.

This concise and compelling volume--described by Santayana as a "piece of literary criticism, together with a first broad lesson in the history of philosophy"--introduces Santayana's thought in the rich context of a European poetic tradition that demonstrates his broad conception of philosophy. Rejecting both the Platonic opposition of philosophy and poetry and more recent attempts to reduce philosophy to science, Santayana argues that philosophy and poetry at their best are united in articulating a comprehensive vision of the world that permits honest contemplation of the universe. He considers the ideal visions of three artists: Lucretius's naturalism provides a total perspective on the physical world but renders experience monotonous; Dante's supernaturalism provides a total perspective on experience but subordinates nature to morality; Goethe's romanticism provides a dramatic perspective on nature and experience but lacks totality. Santayana sees each as the best in his own way, though none is best in all ways; and he speculates that the ideal poet would integrate the gifts and insights of all three, resulting in "rational art," of which philosophical poetry is a prime example.

This critical edition, volume VIII of The Works of George Santayana, includes notes, textual commentary, lists of variants and emendations, an index, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars.

作者簡介

George Santayana (1863-1952) was a philosopher, poet, critic, and novelist. The MIT Press has published The Letters of George Santayana in eight books and The Life of Reason in five books.

David E. Spiech has worked in commercial and academic publishing since 1999. Since 2003 he has been on the staff of the Santayana Edition at the Institute for American Thought, helping to produce the critical edition of The Works of George Santayana.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

喬治·桑塔亞那(George Santayana,1863-1952)是一位哲學家、詩人、評論家和小說家。麻省理工學院出版社已經出版了八本《喬治·桑塔亞那的信件》(The Letters of George Santayana)和五本《理性的生活》(The Life of Reason)。大衛·E·斯皮奇(David E. Spiech)自1999年以來一直從事商業和學術出版工作。自2003年以來,他一直在美國思想研究所的桑塔亞那版本工作人員中,協助製作《喬治·桑塔亞那的作品》(The Works of George Santayana)的評論版。