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Madrid: Revista de Occidente, Alianza, 1981 (2a ed. rev. 1987); 167 p.; 18 cm (Obras de José Ortega y Gasset; 17)
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Presents a powerful case for integrating literature into experience. Through a series of essays in intellectual love, the author explores the aim of philosophy. He then considers how literature, specifically Cervantes, contributes to realizing this aim.
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LibraryThing member JBreedlove
A disappointing read after Man in Crisis. One of Gasset's early works the book is a series of short essays about Spain, Quixote, Cervantes, and the novel. The book is saved by some pointed insights on what is heroism and adventure.
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
Ortega's "essays in intellectual love" present a personal view of the experience of reading Cervantes' great work, Don Quixote. Presenting his case for integrating literature into experience he meditates on the nature and aim of philosophy while considering how literature contributes to that
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process. His reading of Quixote is one that considers the idea of heroism and the universal meaning of life. Show Less
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1914
Physical description
167 p.; 18 cm
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8420641170 / 9788420641171