The Intellectual Temper of the Age

Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion

by George SANTAYANA (1863 - 1952)

Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philosophically, artistically. Noted positivist philosopher George Santayana published this volume on the eve of the War, trying to portray the status of philosophy and theology at that moment by analyzing six significant topics: 1. the intellectual "temper" of the age 2. the clash between Modernism and Christianity 3. the new idealism of Henri Bergson 4. the new skepticism of Bertrand Russell 5. Shelley's fusion of philosophy and poetry 6. the so-called "genteel" tradition in American philosophy. - Summary by Expatriate

Listen next episodes of Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion:
The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 2 , The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 3 , The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 4 , Shelley, or the Poetic Value of Revolutionary Principles, Pt. 2 , The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy, Pt. 2 , Modernism & Christianity, Pt. 1 , Modernism & Christianity, Pt. 2 , Shelley, or the Poetic Value of Revolutionary Principles, Pt. 1 , The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy, Pt. 1 , The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 1 , The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 2 , The Philosophy of M. Henri Bergson, Pt. 3 , The Philosophy of Mr. Bertrand Russell, Pt. 1