Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

George Santayana

Language: English

Genres: Essays & Short Works Modern Non-fiction Philosophy Religion

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1. The Intellectual Temper of the Age
2. Modernism & Christianity, Pt. 1
3. Modernism & Christianity, Pt. 2
4. The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 1
5. The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 2
6. The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 3
7. The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 1
8. The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 2
9. The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 3
10. The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 4
11. Shelley, or the Poetic Value of Revolutionary Principles, Pt. 1
12. Shelley, or the Poetic Value of Revolutionary Principles, Pt. 2
13. The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy, Pt. 1
14. The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy, Pt. 2

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Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philosophically, artistically. Noted positivist philosopher George Santayana published this volume on the eve of the War, trying to portray the status of philosophy and theology at that moment by analyzing six significant topics:
1. the intellectual "temper" of the age
2. the clash between Modernism and Christianity
3. the new idealism of Henri Bergson
4. the new skepticism of Bertrand Russell
5. Shelley's fusion of philosophy and poetry
6. the so-called "genteel" tradition in American philosophy.
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