TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE. (1913)

by Miguel de Unamuno.

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Tragic Sense of Life by Miguel de Unamuno (1913)

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This volume is the acknowledged masterpiece of [the author], who shares with Ortega y Gasset the distinction of being Spain's most influential philosopher. Here, the reader will find the inner contradictions of a modern human being set down with great respect for truth...

[The author] is in the tradition of the great Spanish saints and mystics who devoted their lives to exploring the kingdoms of faith. [This book] is a "direct expression of the strife between the truth thought and the truth felt".

"Masterfully written with the author's strong personality emerging from every page," – New Haven Journal-Courier

"A great Spanish classic," – World Alliance Newsletter

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Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos

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1913

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Don Quixote de la Mancha

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Homo sum; nihil humani a me alienum puto, said the Latin playwright. For my part I would rather say: Nullum hominem a me alienum puto: I am a man; no other man do I deem a stranger.

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The greater part of my work has been to disquiet my neighbor, to stir up the sediment of the hearts, to sow anguish in them, if possible.

The God of the heart, the living God is reached by way of faith and not by way of rational or mathematical conviction, and faith leads us back to Him, when we have left Him to stray after the lifeless God of logic.

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Princeton University Press

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Cohen, Arthur A.

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Bollingen Series (85.4)

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The acknowledged masterpiece of one of Spain's most influential thinkers. Between despair and the desire for something better, Unamuno finds that "saving incertitude" that alone can console us. Dynamic appraisal of man's faith in God and in himself.

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