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Essays in the Spirit of George Santayana
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Description

The guiding theme of these essays by aesthetician, musician, and Santayana scholar Morris Grossman is the importance of preserving the tension between what can be unified and what is disorganized, random, and miscellaneous. Grossman described this as the tension between art and morality: Art arrests a sense of change and yields moments of unguarded enjoyment and peace; but soon, shifting circumstances compel evaluation, decision, and action. According to Grossman, the best art preserves the tension between the aesthetic consummation of experience and the press of morality understood as the business of navigating conflicts, making choices, and meeting needs. This concern was intimately related to his reading of George Santayana. The best philosophy, like the best art, preserves the tension between what can be ordered and what resists assimilation, and Grossman read Santayana as exemplifying this virtue in his embrace of multiple perspectives. Other scholars have noted the multiplicity or irony in Santayana’s work, but Grossman was unique in taking such a style to be a substantive part of Santayana’s philosophizing.

Author Biography:

Morris Grossman (Author) Morris Grossman (1922–2012) was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, Fairfield University (Connecticut). He was a founding member of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and a committed supporter of the Santayana Edition. Martin A. Coleman (Author) Martin A. Coleman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and director and editor of the Santayana Edition.
Release date Australia
May 1st, 2014
Pages
336
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Dimensions
155x231x25
ISBN-13
9780823257225
Product ID
21876303

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