THE EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO (Filozofia egzystencjalna w ujeciu Miguela de Unamuno)

• Authors: Leszczyna Dorota
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is an attempt to present the philosophy of Miguel de Unamuno, especially his conception of human life. The author of the article focuses mainly on the characteristics and presentation of the attributes of the human existence. The title of Unamuno's most famous work, Del Sentimiento Trágico de la Vida (The Tragic Sense of Life), refers to the human condition of the desire for immortality when faced with the certainty of death. According to Unamuno this desire to live forever is an irrational desire, but it is this desire that makes us human. Thus there is a conflict between our perpetual desire for immortality and our reason - which contradicts it; out of this conflict comes the desire to believe in God, which reason cannot confirm.

Keywords

EN

DEATH; EXISTENCE; GOD; IMMORTALITY; LIFE; REASON

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 55-76
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Leszczyna Dorota

• Dorota Leszczyna, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Filozofii, Ul. Koszarowa 3/20, 51-149 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA100519