The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two

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The Works of George Santayana volume vii, book two Marianne S. Wokeck, Editor Martin A. Coleman, Associate Editor Kellie Dawson, Assistant Editor Jonathan R. Eller, Textual Editor Kristine W. Frost, Associate Editor Johanna E. Resler, Assistant Editor David E. Spiech, Assistant Textual Editor William G. Holzberger, Consulting Textual Editor Paul Nagy, Consulting Editor Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., Founding and Consulting Editor THE liFE oF REASoN or the phases of human progress by george santayana reason in society h( ga \ r nou= e)ne/rgeia zwh/ Volume Vii, Book Two co-edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman with an introduction by James Gouinlock Critical Edition The MiT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and london, England This publication has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature , and languages. in honor of James Gouinlock, Frederick and Nancy Marcus have provided significant support for the publication of the five books of The Life of Reason. The Life of Reason: Reason in Society was first published in 1905 by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York, and included an English distribution by Constable and Co., london. in 1936 Scribner’s included the work in Volume iii of the Triton Edition.© 2013 Massachusetts institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. Manufactured in the United States of America library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Santayana, George, 1863–1952. [life of reason] Reason in Society / George Santayana ; edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman ; introduction by James Gouinlock. — Critical ed. p. cm. — (The works of George Santayana ; v. 7) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBN 978-0-262-01959-0 (bk2 : hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Philosophy. i. Wokeck, Marianne Sophia. ii. Coleman, Martin A. iii. Title. iV. Title: Phases of human progress. B945.S23l7 2013 191—dc22 2011007502 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed library Materials. ANSi Z39.48 1984. ∞ ™ The Santayana Edition John P. Anton Michael Brodrick Tom Davis Robert Dawidoff Matthew C. Flamm Paul D. Forster Morris Grossman larry Hickman John lachs Richard C. lyon John J. McDermott Daniel Moreno Moreno Andrew J. Reck Richard M. Rubin Herman J. Saatkamp Jr. James Seaton Beth J. Singer Krzysztof Skowroński Glenn A. Tiller Jessica Wahman Advisory Board Marianne S. Wokeck Martin A. Coleman Kellie Dawson Jonathan R. Eller Kristine W. Frost Johanna E. Resler David E. Spiech Director and Editor Associate Editor Assistant Editor Textual Editor Assistant Director and Associate Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Textual Editor The Works of George Santayana i. Persons and Places: Fragments of Autobiography, 1986 ii. The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Æsthetic Theory, 1988 iii. Interpretations of Poetry and Religion, 1990 iV. The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel, 1994 V. The Letters of George Santayana Book One: 1868–1909, 2001 Book Two: 1910–1920, 2002 Book Three: 1921–1927, 2002 Book Four: 1928–1932, 2003 Book Five: 1933–1936, 2003 Book Six: 1937–1940, 2004 Book Seven: 1941–1947, 2006 Book Eight: 1948–1952, 2008 Vi. George Santayana’s Marginalia: A Critical Selection Book One: Abell — Lucretius, 2011 Book Two: McCord — Zeller, 2011 Vii. The Life of Reason: or the Phases of Human Progress Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, 2011 Reason in Society, 2013 ...