Growing interest in the work of this American philosopher has prompted this new edition, which includes a new preface by the author reassessing his own ideas and reflecting on contemporary interest in Santayana.
First published in 1970, Facts, Words and Beliefs is concerned primarily with formulating the question -how can a few stray images or muttered words running through our mind constitute our envisagement of situation perhaps remote in time and place from our present position?
Growing interest in the work of this American philosopher has prompted this new edition, which includes a new preface by the author reassessing his own ideas and reflecting on contemporary interest in Santayana.
First published in 1970, Facts, Words and Beliefs is concerned primarily with formulating the question -how can a few stray images or muttered words running through our mind constitute our envisagement of situation perhaps remote in time and place from our present position?