Some Turns of Thought

Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy by Santayana, George

Before the beginning of World War II, during the time of the Modernist movement in philosophy, George Santayana wrote these five descriptive essays. He examined John Locke’s sensationalism, British Idealism, the “Theory of Relativity”, Freud’s psychology, and Julien Benda’s preachment on the relations between God and the world. [Summary written by Gary]

Total running time: 2:56:21 Read by Gary Gilberd

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Chapters:

• 1 Locke and the Frontiers of Common Sense pt. 1
  
• 2 Locke and the Frontiers of Common Sense pt. 2
  
• 3 Fifty Years of British Idealism
  
• 4 Revolutions in Science
  
• 5 A Long Way Round to Nirvana
  
• 6 The Prestige of the Infinite
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