English-speaking philosophers are generally attuned to the German and French philosophical traditions but not to the Spanish. Why, for example, does someone with the vivid appeal of Bartolomé de Las Casas remain almost completely unknown in North America? The purpose of this anthology is to introduce the Spanish philosophical tradition to English-speaking readers.
Other Voices: Readings in Spanish Philosophy represents high points of nearly two millennia of Spanish philosophy, from first-century thinkers in Roman Hispania to those of the twentieth century. John R. Welch has selected, and in several cases translated excerpts from the works of thirteen philosophers: Seneca, Quintilian, Isidore of Seville, Ibn Rushd (Averroës), Moses Maimonides, Ramón Llull, Juan Luis Vives, Francisco de Vitoria, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Francisco Suárez, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo, Miguel de Unamuno, and José Ortega y Gasset. Welch provides for the reader a brief introduction to each historical period or philosophical movement represented and a biographical introduction to each philosopher. Of special interest are the selection from Feijóo's "A Defense of Women" (an attack on misogyny), which has not been translated into English since the eighteenth century; the arguments on the justification of war by Vitoria and Las Casas (in the context of the Spanish conquest); and Unamuno's celebration of the concrete over the abstract, desire over reason.
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Antologia que apresenta trechos de quase dois milênios da filosofia espanhola, com textos que vão da Hispânia romana ao século XX, incluindo nomes como Seneca, Ramón Llull, Francisco de Vitoria e José Ortega y Gasset. Organizada por John R. Welch, a obra traz introduções históricas por período e notas biográficas para cada autor, além de traduções para o inglês de passagens selecionadas; destaque para textos sobre justificação da guerra e críticas à misoginia. Indicada para leitores interessados em história da filosofia, estudos ibero-americanos e cursos universitários que abordem tradição filosófica espanhola e debates éticos e políticos relacionados à conquista e à modernidade.
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