The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and in Peoples (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Philosophy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Religion, Faith, Ethics, Tragedy, Life, philosophy of, Theology, Reason or reasoning, Logic
Critical Evaluation:
One of the major original thinkers of the twentieth century, Unamuno defies clear-cut classification. His book The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and in Peoples, for example, is a remarkably unusual philosophical treatise because in it Unamuno passionately rejects formal logic and accepts paradox and contradiction as essential to his view of life. Even his style, a rhetoric of passion and intensity, is unlike the calm, detached style of the ordinary philosopher. This passion is a fundamental component of his thought. A Roman Catholic, Unamuno discarded...
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