Character and Opinion in the United States: With Reminiscences of William James and Josiah Royce and Academic Life in America
1920
Character and Opinion in the United States: With Reminiscences of William James and Josiah Royce and Academic Life in America
1920
Published in 1920, 'Character and Opinion in the United States' by George Santayana is a philosophical treatise examining American character and societal opinions from a detached observer's perspective. The work reflects on the intellectual landscape of 19th-century America, particularly focusing on figures like William James and Josiah Royce. Santayana critiques the influences of European traditions on American thought and discusses the moral dynamics of a rapidly evolving society, offering insights into the complexities of American civilization during the post-Civil War era.
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“A certain vagueness of soul, together with a great gregariousness and tendency to be moulded by example and by prevalent opinion, is requisite for feeling free under English liberty. You must find the majority right enough to live with; you must give up lost causes; you must be willing to put your favourite notions to sleep in the family cradle of convention. Enthusiasts for democracy, peace, and a league of nations should not deceive themselves; they are not everybody’s friends; they are the enemies of what is deepest and most primitive in everybody. They inspire undying hatred in every untamable people and every absolute soul.””
— George Santayana
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