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“Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.”

Book:The Works of George Santayana

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The Works of George Santayana

This volume encompasses a wide array of Santayana's intellectual contributions, including his reflections on the nature of reality, the role of the individual, and the significance of culture and history. It offers a comprehensive view of his philosophical thought and is considered a foundational work in American philosophy. more

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George Santayana

George Santayana was an American philosopher, essayist, and critic renowned for his unique philosophical thoughts and profound insights into culture, art, and science. His philosophy emphasizes individualism, naturalism, and pragmatism, and his works have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy and culture. more

“Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears, like the word gnomon in the Euclid and the word simony in the Catechism. But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work.”

Looks Said Night Names Language Window Ears Filled Look Up Every Night Paralysis Euclid Catechism Maleficent

Book:The Dead and Other Stories: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

Source: The Dead and Other Stories: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

“First, in the history of words there is much that indicates the history of men, and in comparing the speech of to-day with that ofyears ago, we have a useful illustration of the effect of external influences on the very words of a race.”

Men Firsts Language Race History Influence Effects Speech Compare Illustration External Influences

Book:Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)

“The personality of the artist, at first a cry or a cadence or a mood and then a fluid, and lambent narrative, finally refines itself out of existence, impersonalises itself, so to speak. The aesthetic image in the dramatic form is life purified in and reprojected from the human imagination. The mystery of aesthetic like that of material creation is accomplished. The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.”

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