Men become superstitious, not because they have too much im… - George Santayana

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Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

George Santayana

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About George Santayana

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Jorge Santayana • Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana • Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana • Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás

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My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any. - George Santayana

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