Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known as George Santayana, was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. This is a work that looks at some of the most famous authors in the history of Western civilization, the German Goethe (who wrote classics like Faust), and Dante, whose Divine Comedy helped spark the Renaissnace.