{"product_id":"9780262538787","title":"The Life of Reason, critical edition, Volume 7: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, Volume VII, Book One","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSantayana, George; Wokeck, Marianne S.; Coleman, Martin A.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/5\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eSantayana argues that instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSantayana's \u003ci\u003eLife of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, published in five books from 1905 to 1906, ranks as one of the greatest works in modern philosophical naturalism. Acknowledging the natural material bases of human life, Santayana traces the development of the human capacity for appreciating and cultivating the ideal. It is a capacity he exhibits as he articulates a continuity running through animal impulse, practical intelligence, and ideal harmony in reason, society, art, religion, and science. The work is an exquisitely rendered vision of human life lived sanely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first book of the work, Santayana provides an account of how the human animal develops instinct, passion, and chaotic experience into rationality and ideal life. Inspired by Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e, Darwin's evolutionary theory, and William James's \u003ci\u003eThe Principles of Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e, Santayana contends that the requirements of action in a hazardous and uncertain environment are the sources of the development of mind. More specifically, instinct and imagination are crucial to the emergence of reason from chaos. Separating himself from the typical thought of the time by his recognition of the imagination, Santayana in this volume offers extensive critiques of various philosophies of mind, including those of Kant and the British empiricists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Critical Edition, volume VII of The Works of George Santayana, includes a chronology, notes, bibliography, textual commentary, lists of variants, and other tools useful to Santayana scholars. The other four books of the volume include \u003ci\u003eReason in Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReason in Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReason in Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReason in Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44209886429439,"sku":"9780262538787","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780262538787_s600x595.jpg?v=1775584639","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780262538787","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}