Santayana - George Santayana

Japanese: サンタヤーナ - さんたやーな(英語表記)George Santayana
Santayana - George Santayana

American philosopher. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of nine. After studying in Germany, he taught at his alma mater, Harvard University, from 1907 to 1912. He moved to Europe at the start of World War I, and wrote mainly in Rome until his death. Starting from critical realism, he formulated his own philosophical system in four volumes of The World of Being (1927-1940). In it, the realms of essence, matter, truth, and spirit are explained from the animal belief that is the basis of human cognition. Many of his other works were published in the United States, and his ideas, strongly influenced by materialistic naturalism and skepticism in opposition to German idealism, along with the appeal of his poetic prose, had a widespread impact on American society.

[Chiaki Kagawa October 20, 2015]

[References] | Realism

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Japanese:

アメリカの哲学者。スペインに生まれ、9歳のときアメリカに移住。ドイツ留学を経て、1907~1912年まで母校ハーバード大学の教壇に立つ。第一次世界大戦を契機にヨーロッパに渡り、没するまでローマを中心に執筆活動を行った。批判的実在論から出発し、『存在の世界』4巻(1927~1940)で独自の哲学体系を形成した。そこでは、本質、物質、真理、精神の各領域が、人間認識の根底をなす動物的信念から解明されている。そのほか数多くの著作がアメリカで刊行され、ドイツ流観念論に対立する唯物論的自然主義と懐疑主義の色濃い思想が、その詩人的文章の魅力とともに、広範な影響をアメリカ社会に与えた。

[香川知晶 2015年10月20日]

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