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Download or read book Life of Reason written by George Santayana and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing the lived world with the ideal world, noted American philosophical naturalist, poet, and literary critic George Santayana (1863-1952) seeks in this influential compilation of his earlier works to outline the ancient ideal of a well-ordered life, one in which reason is the organizing force that recognizes the need to allocate science, religion, art, social concerns, and practical wisdom their proper role and appropriate emphasis within the fully developed human experience.