No work of Spanish philosopher and essayist Jose Ortega y Gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, "The Dehumanization of Art." In the essay, originally published in Spanish in 1925, Ortega grappled phil
Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominat
Four stimulating essays: “The Sportive Origin of the State,” “Unity and Diversity of Europe,” “Man the Technician,” and “History as a System.” The essays by Ortega in this volume were originally published under the title Toward a Philosoph
In Meditations on Quixote, Jose Ortega y Gasset presents a powerful case for integrating literature into experience. Through a series of "essays in intellectual love," Ortega explores the aim of philosophy: to carry a given fact (a person, a book, a lands
Esta obra, ya clásica, ha ejercido una enorme influencia sobre nuestra historiografía y constituye el punto de partida de ulteriores y resonantes polémicas acerca del singular destino de la nación española. Esta nueva edición, revisada y corregida c
Johann Wolfgang Goethes 1773 zuerst anonym veröffentlichtem und 1774 uraufgeführtem Schauspiel Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Faust ging der zwei Jahre zuvor entstandene Urgötz voraus (veröffentlicht 1832). Die Hauptquelle für Goethe war die
By the time Goethe's "Theory of Colours" appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established. To Goethe, the theory was the result of mistaking an incidental result for an elemental principle. Far from pretending to a kn