{"product_id":"2026200009546-secondhand-george-santayana-a-biography","title":"George Santayana: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative biography chronicles the remarkable life of George Santayana (1863–1952), one of the most singular and enigmatic figures in the history of American and European philosophy. John McCormick presents a richly detailed portrait of the Spanish-born thinker who taught at Harvard alongside William James and Bertrand Russell, yet spent his later decades in voluntary exile in Europe, ultimately dying in a Roman convent. The work uncovers the profound tensions at the heart of Santayana's identity — his atheism, his aestheticism, his detached yet penetrating view of American culture — and situates his philosophy within the broader intellectual currents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. McCormick draws on extensive primary sources to illuminate not only the ideas behind landmark works such as The Life of Reason and The Sense of Beauty, but also the deeply private man whose celebrated wit and cultivated detachment shaped every aspect of his thought and art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888009851099,"sku":"2026200009546-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1e449325-fef8-4c35-8863-2b62313b09b1.png?v=1781752505","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009546-secondhand-george-santayana-a-biography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}