Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Guises of the Self
2. The Conception of the Self and Some Basic Concepts of Santayana's Philosophy
3. The Hermeneutics of Human Self
4. Life as Insinuation
5. Coping with Finitude: Santayana Reading Heidegger
6. The Tragic Aspect of Existence
7. Beyond the Self (into the Political Realm): The Essential Negativity of Human Being and Rational (Self-)Government
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Katarzyna Kremplewska is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland.