1863 - 1952
George Santayana was a Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and novelist, born on December 16, 1863, in Madrid, Spain. He is best known for his works on aesthetics, philosophy of religion, and his contributions to the fields of metaphysics and epistemology, as well as for his famous aphorism, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana's influential writings, including "The Sense of Beauty" and "The Life of Reason," reflect his belief in the importance of culture and the human experience. He died on September 26, 1952, in Rome, Italy.
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.