Word: santayana
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this visit, Miller was accompanied by a "newspaperman friend," who worked for one of Rome's papers and wanted to interview Santayana. "He was afraid to go up alone. . . We bolstered each other...
...Santayana greeted his callers dressed in old, worn clothing--a figure completely devoid of dash of affectation. Seeing him thus, Miller found it hard to puncture him as the handsome, well-dressed young man of the Harvard days, when William James called him "an elegant fish...
...philosopher "obviously had a malicious streak in him," Miller reported. Santayana, completely conscious of the fact that the newspaperman would try to draw him out on "big questions," adeptly side-stepped them, and avoided committing himself. "He wickedly made it tough for the poor fellow...
Most important Miller said, Santayana tolerated no small talk whatsoever. His visitors were hardly seated when ignoring the customary introductions, Santayana began reeling off ideas, opinions...
They discussed America, on which topic Santayana showed surprisingly great interest. "I believe he thought of himself as an American, and as belonging to American literature," Miller said. Santayana was extremely worried about the spread of Communism, which he though might bring the end of the world...