George Santayana Quote

We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which are recognized shall be regarded as names, aspects, functions, or concomitant products of those physical things among which action goes on.


Santayana on America: Essays, Notes, and Letters on American Life, Literature, and Philosophy (ed. 1968)


We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which are recognized ...

We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which are recognized ...

We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which are recognized ...

We are not compelled in naturalism, or even in materialism, to ignore immaterial things; the point is that any immaterial things which are recognized ...