The essential Santayana

by George Santayana

"[Book title] presents a selection of Santayana's most important and influential literary and philosophical work. [author's] critical introduction sets Santayana into the American philosophical tradition and provides context for contemporary readers, many of whom may be approaching Santayana's writings for the first time. This landmark collection reveals the intellectual and literary diversity of one of American philosophy's most lively minds."--Back cover.