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Article: Anton, John P. American Naturalism and Greek Philosophy.(Book review)
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- The Review of Metaphysics
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- March 1, 2007
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ANTON, John P. American Naturalism and Greek Philosophy. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2005. 326 pp. Cloth, $32.00--In this fascinating study of the relationship between American naturalism and Greek philosophy, John Anton explores one of the most significant but sadly neglected chapters in American intellectual history. Anton's theme is the role that the revival of Greek philosophy, chiefly Aristotle's, played in the development of American naturalism. He emphasizes the naturalist's creative use of the ancient Greeks and stresses the fact that what motivated Santayana, Dewey, Woodbridge, and other naturalism to revive Greek philosophy was the desire to free metaphysics from ...
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