George Santayana

George Santayana (16 December 1863–26 September 1952), was a Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist, best known for the oft-quoted statement, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," from Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of The Life of Reason.

Biography

Santayana was born Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana in Madrid, Spain, but spent his boyhood in Ávila. He moved with his parents to Boston in 1872, when he was nine years old, and took to using the name George, the English variant of Jorge. He attended Boston Latin School, and studied under William James, Josiah Royce, and Hugo Munsterberg at Harvard University. Graduating from Harvard in 1886, he studied for two years in Berlin and then returned to Harvard to teach philosophy from 1889 until he retired upon gaining an inheritance in 1912. He then lived for several years in Paris and Oxford, finally settling in Rome from 1925 until his death in 1952.

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Madrid - Spain - Ávila - Boston - 1872 - English - Boston Latin School - William James - Josiah Royce - Hugo Munsterberg - Harvard University - 1886 - Berlin - 1889 - 1912 - Paris - Oxford - Rome - 1925 - 1952

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