PHILOSOPHER

George Santayana

1863 - 1952

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George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States from the age of eight and identified as an American, yet always retained a valid Spanish passport. At the age of 48, he left his academic position at Harvard University and permanently returned to Europe; his last will was to be buried in the Spanish Pantheon in the Campo di Verano, Rome. As a philosopher, Santayana is known for aphorisms, such as "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", and "Only the dead have seen the end of war", and his definition of beauty as "Pleasure objectified". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Santayana is the 361st most popular philosopher (up from 384th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 310th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

George Santayana is most famous for his quote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Santayana ranks 361 out of 1,267. Before him are René Girard, Otto Neurath, Peter Singer, Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, and John Philoponus. After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Stilpo, Ramanuja, Maurice Halbwachs, and Francisco de Vitoria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, George Santayana ranks 28. Before him are Alexandre Yersin, Max Wolf, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Werner Sombart, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Reginald Innes Pocock. After him are Leo Baekeland, Essad Pasha Toptani, Heinrich Rickert, Paul Painlevé, Reinhard Scheer, and Leopold Berchtold. Among people deceased in 1952, George Santayana ranks 24. Before him are Ferenc Molnár, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jürgen Stroop, Charles Maurras, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. After him are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Charles Scott Sherrington, Hattie McDaniel, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Sveinn Björnsson, and Rudolf Slánský.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 262 out of 3,355. Before him are Pompeia Plotina (65), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Fernando Alonso (1981), Fernando Rey (1917), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), and Antonio Machado (1875). After him are Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Isidore the Laborer (1080), Liuvigild (525), Felipe González (1942), and Andrés Segovia (1893).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 16. Before him are Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Nachmanides (1194), and Pompeia Plotina (65). After him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), and Lubna of Córdoba (922).

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