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Life of Reason volume 1

The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). It consists of Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science. The work is considered to be the most complete expression of Santayana's moral philosophy [...]. Santayana's philosophy is strongly influenced by the materialism of Democritus and the refined ethics of Aristotle, with a special emphasis on the natural development of ideal ends. The Life of Reason is sometimes considered to be one of the most poetic and well-written works of philosophy in Western history. To supply but a single example, the oft-quoted aphorism of Santayana's, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," may be found on p. 284 of Reason in Common Sense. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Year of Publication: 1906Genres: Philosophy , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 9 hours 48 minutes 42 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction (all volumes), part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	13:04
2	Introduction (all volumes), part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	16:16
3	Introduction (all volumes), part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	16:34
4	Introduction (all volumes), part 4 Fredrik Karlsson	17:13
5	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	12:05
6	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	12:41
7	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	15:51
8	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	14:27
9	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	20:02
10	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	20:31
11	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	21:55
12	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	19:12
13	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	15:45
14	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 4 Fredrik Karlsson	15:23
15	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	17:15
16	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	21:48
17	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	14:36
18	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	17:34
19	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	15:36
20	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	14:00
21	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	18:12
22	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	16:32
23	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	20:40
24	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	20:57
25	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	16:50
26	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	17:58
27	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	14:37
28	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 4 Fredrik Karlsson	15:29
29	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	19:52
30	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	21:16
31	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	10:00
32	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	15:42
33	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 1 Fredrik Karlsson	16:02
34	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 2 Fredrik Karlsson	16:02
35	Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 3 Fredrik Karlsson	16:45