Project Gutenberg 2005-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 909 Santayana, George 1863 1952 Santayana, Jorge Santayana, Georgius The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress Reading ease score: 45.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Introduction -- v. 1. Reason in common sense -- v. 2. Reason in society -- v. 3. Reason in religion -- v. 4. Reason in art -- v. 5. Reason in science. E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Garrett Alley, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Revised by David Widger and Richard Tonsing "The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress" by George Santayana is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. This work explores the development of human thought and reason as fundamental aspects of progress, tying together concepts from art, ethics, and science into a cohesive narrative about human nature and existence. The opening of the book lays the groundwork by addressing the essential role of reason in understanding human experience. Santayana presents the idea that existence is marked by a chaotic order, which the human mind attempts to make sense of through reflective thought. He introduces the concept of "the Life of Reason" as a synthesis of impulse and thought, emphasizing that true progress must involve a rational understanding coupled with the evaluations of our experiences. The subsequent sections outline the evolution of reason from instincts to more complex forms of consciousness, highlighting how early human experiences shape the development of moral and aesthetic values. In doing so, Santayana sets the stage for a detailed analysis of reason as the driving force behind human progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Philosophy B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 2267890 2267675 2024-10-07T03:30:11.642403 2023-09-07T05:39:39.357420 text/html text/html 2303623 2021-04-11T03:32:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1083431 2021-04-11T03:34:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1068044 2024-10-07T03:30:30.652264 application/epub+zip 1121895 2024-10-07T03:30:13.362390 application/epub+zip 926689 2024-10-07T03:30:12.570379 application/epub+zip 1584210 2024-10-07T03:30:43.327207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1515300 2024-10-07T03:30:29.950287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1320611 2022-09-07T19:25:28.386883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1998640 2024-10-07T03:30:09.115459 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1998513 2021-04-11T03:31:13 text/plain; charset=utf-8 736006 2021-04-11T03:34:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18794 2024-10-07T03:30:43.482210 application/rdf+xml 17791 2024-10-07T03:30:12.718356 image/jpeg 2382 2024-10-07T03:30:12.644458 image/jpeg 1077146 2024-10-07T03:30:11.836379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia