FALSE RELIGION
“Egotism in German Philosophy,” by George Santayana (London: Dent). Professor Santayana’s criticism of German philosophy was first, published in 191 G. He then spoke of that spirit of uncompromising self-assertion and metaphysical conceit which the German nation was reducing to action ami added: “It is a terrible thing to have a false religion, all the more terrible the deeper its sources are in the human soul. Like many a false religion before it, this which now inspires- the Germans has imide a double assault upon mankind, one with the secular arm, and another by solemn asseverations and sophistries.” Those words are just as applicable to the Germans and their Nazi masters today and the book as a whole is well worth republishing. Professor Santayana. in a postscript adds some later reflections of the nature of egotism and of the moral conflicts that disturb the world.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 15
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147FALSE RELIGION Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 15
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