Three Philosophical Poets; Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe
Three Philosophical Poets; Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe
By George Santayana
10 Apr, 2020
One of the world's most renowned and provocative thinker discusses Lucretius, the materialist; Dante, the supernaturalist; and Goethe, the romanticist; and thereby introducing three dominant systems of Western philosophy--the sources of our major s
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One of the world's most renowned and provocative thinker discusses Lucretius, the materialist; Dante, the supernaturalist; and Goethe, the romanticist; and thereby introducing three dominant systems of Western philosophy--the sources of our major speculative traditions. This work serves the newcomer to the history of philosophy as an admirable introduction to the field, and for the more advanced reader, it is a most concise and meaningful interpretation of these three great philosophical poets. Less