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PHILOSOPHER

George Santayana

1863 - 1952

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Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (; December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952), was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the US from the age of eight and identified himself as an American, although he always retained a valid Spanish passport. At the age of 48, Santayana left his position at Harvard and returned to Europe permanently. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Santayana has received more than 1,892,770 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). George Santayana is the 378th most popular philosopher (up from 448th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Spain (up from 365th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

George Santayana is most famous for his quote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Santayana ranks 378 out of 1,081. Before him are Jean Gerson, Haji Bektash Veli, Gershom Scholem, John Philoponus, Pierre d'Ailly, and Cleobulus. After him are Maurice Halbwachs, Abu Yusuf, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Siger of Brabant, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, and Paul Tillich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, George Santayana ranks 27. Before him are Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Franz Stuck, Alexandre Yersin, Wilhelm Marx, Gaston Doumergue, and Reinhard Scheer. After him are Max Wolf, Heinrich Rickert, William Randolph Hearst, Albert Calmette, Leo Baekeland, and Essad Pasha Toptani. Among people deceased in 1952, George Santayana ranks 26. Before him are Jürgen Stroop, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Robert Guérin, Charles Maurras, and Hattie McDaniel. After him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Sveinn Björnsson, Rudolf Slánský, Charles Scott Sherrington, and Alfred Einstein.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 289 out of 2,932. Before him are Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Ibn Jubayr (1145), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Telmo Zarra (1921), Berengaria of Castile (1180), and Jesús Franco (1930). After him are Carles Rexach (1947), Luis Enrique (1970), Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Carmen Maura (1945), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), and Sigeric (370).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 17. Before him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), and Nachmanides (1194). After him are Francisco Ferrer (1859), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), Melchor Cano (1509), and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606).

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