WINDS OF DOCTRINE

 

STUDIES IN

CONTEMPORARY OPINION

 

 

BY

G. SANTAYANA

LATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

 

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

 

FIRST PRINTED IN 1913

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CONTENTS

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I.			THE INTELLECTUAL TEMPER OF THE AGE	1
II.			MODERNISM AND CHRISTIANITY	25
III.			THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. HENRI BERGSON	58
IV.			THE PHILOSOPHY OF MR. BERTRAND RUSSELL—
		i.	A NEW SCHOLASTICISM	110
		ii.	THE STUDY OF ESSENCE	116
		iii.	THE CRITIQUE OF PRAGMATISM	124
		iv.	HYPOSTATIC ETHICS	138
V.			SHELLEY: OR THE POETIC VALUE OF REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES	155
VI.			THE GENTEEL TRADITION IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY	186

 

 

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WINDS OF DOCTRINE

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I

THE INTELLECTUAL TEMPER OF THE AGE

The present age is a critical one and interesting to live in. Thecivilisation characteristic of Christendom has not disappeared, yetanother civilisation has begun to take its place. We still understandthe value of religious faith; we still appreciate the pompous arts ofour forefathers; we are brought up on academic architecture,sculpture, painting, poetry, and music. We still love monarchy andaristocracy, together with that picturesque and dutiful order whichrested on local institutions, class privileges, and the authority ofthe family. We may even feel an organic need for all these things,cling to them tenaciously, and dream of rejuvenating them. On theother hand the shell of Christendom is broken. The unconquerable mindof the East, the pagan past, the industrial socialistic futureconfront it with their

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