filosofía
English meaning: Philosophy
Spanish Definition
(Español)La investigación racional de las cuestiones fundamentales de la existencia, el conocimiento y la ética.
English Definition
The rational inquiry into fundamental questions of existence, knowledge, and ethics. Spain's philosophical tradition includes Seneca (Roman Stoicism from Hispania), Ramon Llull (medieval logic), Maimonides (Jewish philosophy in al-Andalus), Francisco Suárez (scholasticism), Unamuno (existentialism), and Ortega y Gasset (perspectivism). Latin American liberation philosophy (Dussel) is globally influential.
Example
“Ortega y Gasset desarrolló el perspectivismo como filosofía original española en el siglo XX.”
In English: “Ortega y Gasset developed perspectivism as an original Spanish philosophy in the 20th century.”
Synonyms
- pensamiento
- metafísica
Literary Heritage
“El espejo y la cópula son abominables, porque multiplican el número de los hombres.”
“Mirrors and copulation are abominable, because they multiply the number of mankind.”
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