In her ever-rasher pursuit of a Palestinian state, she exhibits the syndrome defined by the philosopher George Santayana as one who redoubles her efforts upon losing sight of the objective.
And in his teachings and writings, Dr. Barnes drew on his scientific background (as well as the writings of Henry James, John Dewey and George Santayana) to bring a new rigor to the criticism of art, replacing approaches he found intellectually flabby or simply beside the point.