George Santayana at 150

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<span><span>Santayana at 150: International Interpretations</span><span> is a collection of essays by seventeen authors celebrating the life and thought of SpanishAmerican philosopher George Santayana. This book appears on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Santayanas birth. Appropriately, the authors come from both sides of the Atlantic and put forth a range of insights that demonstrate the continuing life and relevance of Santayanas thinking. The book includes considerations of the major themes of his philosophymaterialism, naturalistic ethics, and aestheticsand of the influence exerted on Santayanas work by his life circumstances and geographic surroundings, especially of Rome.<br></span></span>

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<span><span>Matthew Caleb Flamm</span><span> is associate professor of philosophy at Rockford University, in Rockford, IL. He is coeditor of</span><span>Under Any Sky: Contemporary Readings of George Santayana,</span><span>with Krzysztof Piotr Skowro</span><span></span><span>ski.<br><br></span><span>Giuseppe Patella</span><span> is professor of aesthetics and art history at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) and director of IRCAInternational Research Center for Aesthetics and Art Theory. He author of</span><span> Belleza, Arte y Vida: La estética mediterránea de George Santayana</span><span> and</span><span>Filosofia del viaggio</span><span>.<br><br></span><span>Jennifer A. Rea</span><span> teaches English at Keith Country Day School, in Rockford, IL. She is coeditor of</span><span>The Continuing Relevance of John Dewey: Reflections of Aesthetics, Morality, Science and Society.</span></span>

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