We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Without the stagnations of the mind we could not fall in love. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jose ortega y gasset books online. Oct 15, 2012 jose ortega y gasset is one of the finest contributions spain has made to this planets intellectual culture in the last 100 years. Revolt of the masses 1930 he urges that countries should be ruled by the intellectual elite to avoid the decaying influence of mob control on the arts and government. Features of love love in stendhal the role of choice in love. Philosophy of love philosophy of sex philosophy of social science political ethics. The revolt of the masses, by gasset, is a paradoxical essay in an era of runs and falls and calm in the storm, proud but not pretentious exploration of the problem of modern man. What ortega y gasset wrote is not only valid for his time but it is also relevant to our postcold war world of globalization and diversity. Ortega y gasset disagrees with the frenchman, and presents his own alternative view of how love works.
Ortega y gasset studied at madrid university 18981904 and in germany 190408 and was influenced by the neokantian philosophical school at marburg. Studies on love, by jose ortega y gasset the spanish philosopher jose ortega y gasset 18831955 made a name for himself in the 1930s with revolt of the masses, a book which lamented the industrial eras effect on western culture. Brief introduction to the thought of ortega y gasset. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Jose ortega y gasset was a spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship.
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In this book he defends the values of meritocratic liberalism reminiscent of john. Jose ortega y gasset has 218 books on goodreads with 21544 ratings. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Get an answer for why does bradbury refer to ortega gasset in his book fahrenheit 451. Jose ortega y gasset s most popular book is the revolt of the masses. Full text of the revolt of the masses jose ortega y gasset. Jul 05, 2018 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. The great spanish liberal philosopher and essayist, jose ortega y gasset was famous for his influence on the cultural and literary renaissance of spain in the twentieth century. Top 25 quotes by jose ortega y gasset of 169 az quotes. Ui press jose ortega y gasset the origin of philosophy.
The origin of philosophy argues for the vital importance of philosophy as a human endeavor, even while noting that each generation of thought reveals the past as a defunct world of errors. Jose ortega y gasset love, soul, states the essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent. Jose ortega y gasset 18831955 was a prolific and distinguished spanish philosopher in the twentieth century. Jose ortega y gasset stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Jose ortega y gasset international bureau of education unesco. Hes also the leading exponent of the theory of perspectivism and the vital and historical reason. Jose ortega y gasset was born in madrid in 1883, in a family closely related to the world of culture and media. According to ortega y gasset, manmass through some of its characteristics as in the first place, forgetting or rather the concealment of the past. Jun 14, 2010 this little book, written in 1942 by spanish philosopher jose ortega y gasset, is quoted so often in the literature of hunting that it has taken on nearscriptural status. He called his philosophy the metaphysics of vital reason, and he sought to establish the ultimate reality in which all else was roote. One of gasset s early works the book is a series of short essays about spain, quixote, cervantes, and the novel. Continuously in print since 1932, ortega s vision of western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software.
Ortega y gasset s influence was considerable, not only because many sympathized with his philosophical writings, but also because his writings did not require that the reader. He studied in germany and was influenced by neokantian thought. Invertebrate spain, 1937, in an article titled masas 1926, and several. Jose ortega y gasset the spanish philosopher who saw life as an intellectual adventure. Project gutenberg 61,845 free ebooks 2 by jose ortega y gasset. This paper is also available in pdfformat at cfes web site. Love according to jose ortega y gasset aleph faena hotel. Jose ortega y gasset books list of books by author jose. We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
He had made vivid contributions to subjects like psychology, metaphysics and philosophy. Of the dozens of bones i have to pick with ortega, here ill chew on just one. According to ortega y gasset, stendhal exaggerates the power of fraud that resides in love. Jose ortega y gasset author of the revolt of the masses. On love aspects of a single theme by jose ortega y gasset. The revolt of the masses jose ortegay gassett ortega y gasset, jose 18831955 spanish philosopher, essayist, and critic. Meditaciones del quijote by jose ortega y gasset free ebook. Jose ortega y gasset 18831955 was an author, editor, professor, and member of the parliament of the spanish republic. Jose ortega y gasset was a spanish philosopher and essayist, the main figure of the generation of 14 and noucentisme movement, and a man of prestige across the world. Jose ortega y gasset spanish philosopher britannica. In turn, ortega y gasset considers that the genuine interlacing between two souls is a phenomenon comparable to mystical experiences, where the soul of the ecstatic experiences an. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Jose ortega y gassets most popular book is the revolt of the masses. Ortega y gasset s influence was considerable, not only because many sympathized with his philosophical writings, but also because his writings did not require that the reader be well read in technical philosophy. In meditations on quixote, jose ortega y gasset presents a powerful case for integrating literature into experience. The role of choice in love points out that we do not fall in love at random, with just anyonethere is a pattern that can be observed. Ortega y gasset, joseworks by ortega y gasset 1supplementary bibliography 2jose ortega y gasset 18831955, spanish writer and philosopher, was born and died in madrid, where both sides of his family were closely connected with the worlds of politics and journalism. In addition to these books, he also wrote hundreds of essays and newspaper. He was, along with kant, schopenhauer, and nietzsche, a proponent of the idea of perspectivism. Jose ortega y gasset 18831955 was a prolific and distinguished spanish. Books by jose ortega y gasset author of the revolt of the. Jose ortega y gasset, philosopher and humanist who greatly influenced the cultural and literary renaissance of spain in the 20th century. Love in stendhal looks at a work by french writer stendhalde lamour on love.