Question: who said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
Answer: Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás , known in English as George Santayana ( / ˌsæntiˈænə / or / - ˈɑːnə / ; December 16 , 1863 -- September 26 , 1952 ) , was a philosopher , essayist , poet , and novelist .