I give this book my highest endorsement. Daniel Moreno is one of the best Santayana scholars in the world, and his insights into the Spanish heritage and influence on Santayana are notable and remarkable. They provide a depth of understanding of Santayana’s thought as well as persuasively enable English-speaking readers to understand what has been missed in much of American and English Santayana scholarship. The translation by Charles Padrón is excellent and provides the much-needed acumen of an American scholar with a broad understanding of Santayana’s works.

Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr., former president, Stockton College of New Jersey

Daniel Moreno's Santayana the Philosopher: Philosophy as a Form of Life as translated by Charles Padrón is an exciting contribution to English-language Santayana studies. Like the metaphorical bridge that Moreno sees Santayana's work forming between Europe and the United States, this translation can connect the resurgent conversations about Santayana on both sides of the Atlantic. In viewing Santayana as a philosopher, Moreno takes seriously Santayana's questioning of dominant modes of philosophizing and rightly sees the spiritual as essential to Santayana's naturalistic conception of philosophy. The book is readable and engaging, and it displays the thoughtful enthusiasm of a well-informed scholar and the confident perspective of one with a deep concern for the subject matter. It promises to invigorate Santayana scholarship and make it in truth more international.

Martin A. Coleman, Director and Editor, The Santayana Edition, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

A major study of a major philosopher, elegantly translated from the Spanish.

John Lachs, Vanderbilt University