Since the 1st number of George Santayana's letters was once released in 1955, almost immediately after his dying, many extra letters were positioned. The Works of George Santayana, quantity V, brings jointly a complete of greater than 3,000 letters. the amount is split chronologically into 8 books of approximately similar size. publication covers Santayana's first decade as a "freelance philosopher," following his resignation from Harvard collage and circulate to Europe. Of specific curiosity is Santayana's carrying on with correspondence with the yank thinker Charles Augustus powerful and along with his sister Susana Sturgis de Sastre. additionally integrated is correspondence with such striking figures as Bertrand Russell, Robert Seymour Bridges, Horace Kallen, and Logan Pearsall Smith. The correspondence covers Santayana's resignation from Harvard, his time in England in the course of international battle I, and reviews on his philosophical paintings in this period.
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