Who is George Santayana

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (; December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the US from the age of eight and identified himself as an American, although he always retained a valid Spanish passport. At the age of 48, Santayana left his position at Harvard and returned to Europe permanently.

Santayana is popularly known for aphorisms, such as "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", "Only the dead have seen the end of war", and the definition of beauty as "pleasure objectified". Although an atheist, he treasured the Spanish Catholic values, practices, and worldview in which he was raised. Santayana wa...
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George Santayana Poems

• Sonnet Vii
  I would I might forget that I am I,
  And break the heavy chain that binds me fast,
  Whose links about myself my deeds have cast.
  What in the bodyâ??s tomb doth buried lie ...
• Sonnet Xliii
  The candor of the gods is in thy gaze,
  The strength of Diane in thy virgin hand,
  Commanding as the goddess might command,
  And lead her lovers into higher ways. ...
• Before A Statue Of Achilles
  I
  
  Behoild Pelides with his yellow hair,
  Proud child of Thetis, hero loved of Jove; ...
• The Power Of Art
  Not human art, but living gods alone
  Can fashion beauties that by changing live,--
  Her buds to spring, his fruits to autumn give,
  To earth her fountains in her heart of stone; ...
• Mont Brevent
  O dweller in the valley, lift thine eyes
  To where, above the drift of cloud, the stone
  Endures in silence, and to God alone
  Upturns its furrowed visage, and is wise. ...

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George Santayana Quotes

• Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another people are friends in spots.
• The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
• All living souls welcome whatsoever they are ready to cope with all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.
• There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity.
• America is a young country with an old mentality.

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