The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outline of Aesthetic Theory
George Santayana(1863-1952) was a professor of philosophy at Harvard University. Expressing a theme that remained a lifelong characteristic, he explains why he gave up “academic lumber” and went into retirement. The pursuit of pure philosophy became his revolt against intellectual dissolution and anarchy. His writings were substantial, including a five-volume work,The Life of Reason,and a four-volume work,Realms of Being.John McCormick(1918-2010) taught American Studies at the Free University, Berlin, and later went on to become distinguished professor of comparative literature at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous works, includingBullfighting, American and European Literary Imagination, Catastrophe and Imagination,andFiction as Knowledge.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.