The complete online text of Winds Of Doctrine by George Santayana.

George Santayana (1863-1952), Spanish and American philosopher, developed a personal form of critical realism that was skeptical, materialistic, and humanistic. George Santayana was unique among American and European philosophers during his long lifetime...

George Santayana is one of the most notable, and paradoxical, figures in American intellectual life. He is, for example, a philosopher whose work combines naturalism and platonism; whose philosophy is highly literary, while his literary works are highly...

George Santayana is perhaps best known for the critique of what he termed the "genteel tradition" in American philosophy, along with his dramatic departure from Harvard University and emigration from the United States in 1912. Santayana believed that Ame...

The following historical and philological study traces the science of respiration and the doctrine of the bodily winds through ancient Indian religious and technical literature. Basic notions about respiration and bodily winds appear in the literature of the vedic samhitas and brahmanas. By the...

GEN CURTIS LEMAY once stated, "At the very heart of warfare lies doctrine. It represents the central beliefs for waging war in order to achieve victory. Doctrine is of the mind, a network of faith and knowledge reinforced by experience which lays the pattern...

In the days after Mormon Church president and prophet Gordon B. Hinckley is laid to rest, the men who served as his closest advisers will begin the process of choosing a successor.But the deliberations after Saturday will not hold the intrigue of the election of...