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George Santayana Quotes about Nature

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Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.

Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.

George Santayana
Nature, Soul, Conformity
George Santayana (2004). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.270, Cosimo, Inc.

Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.

George Santayana
Summer, Nature, Fate
George Santayana (1967). “Animal Faith and Spiritual Life”, Irvington Pub

Nature in denying us perennial youth has at least invited us to become unselfish and noble.

George Santayana
Nature, Noble, Youth
George Santayana (1934). “Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana”, p.99, Рипол Классик

Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.

George Santayana
Time, Nature, Science
George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana”

A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.

George Santayana
Happiness, Nature, Grateful
George Santayana (2012). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.68, Courier Corporation

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

George Santayana
Nature, Men, Questions And Answers
George Santayana (2011). “The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense”, p.86, MIT Press

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

George Santayana
Nature, Firsts, Provoking
George Santayana (1934). “Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana”, p.4, Рипол Классик

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