George Santayana at 150

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

• General IntroductionPart I: Reconciling Material and Ideal RealitiesSection IntroductionChapter 1: Bifurcation of MaterialismChapter 2: Free Will for a MaterialistChapter 3: Nature and the Ideal in Santayana’s PhilosophyChapter 4: Mediterranean Aestheticism and Epicurean MaterialismPart II: Santayana’s CosmopolitanismSection IntroductionChapter 5: Cosmopolitanism and the Spiritual LifeChapter 6: Poetic Italy in the Works of Santayana Chapter 7: A Traveling PhilosophyChapter 8: Ruins as Seats of ValuesChapter 9: Santayana’s Theory of ArtPart III: Morality and TruthSection IntroductionChapter 10: Scientific EthicsChapter 11: On Celebrating the Death of Another PersonChapter 12: The Realm of Truth in SantayanaChapter 13: Was Santayana a Stoic Pragmatist?Part IV: The Personal and the SpiritualSection IntroductionChapter 14: Santayana’s Epicureanism Chapter 15: The World, a StageChapter 16: Transcending Means and Ends Near the End of LifeChapter 17: Santayana’s Relationship to RomeAfterwordAbout the Contributors

“This rich collection demonstrates the breadth and depth of Santayana’s philosophical reach. His influence spans continents and disciplinary specializations, and the chapters included in this volume display the ongoing significance of Santayana’s original ideas. This book is a fitting tribute to the birth of a man who lives on in the insightful contributions of these writers.”