Santayana says, "Beauty exists for the same reason that the object which is beautiful exists, or the world in which that object lies, or we that look upon both. It is a mechanism: there is nothing more to say about it."

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While Santayana believes in the existence of beauty as a mechanism, he does not believe that there is nothing more to say about it. In fact, he devotes an entire chapter of his book "The Sense of Beauty" to exploring the nature of beauty and its relationship to truth and morality.

Santayana Says, "Beauty Exists for the Same Reason That the Object