At the beginnings of the last century, in Spain born a philosophical movement that we could generically call “vitalism”, that had as principal figures José Ortega y Gasset and Miguel de Unamuno. Their reflexions were about a common theme: man’s life. The answers were very different (more “mystical” Unumuno, more rationalist Ortega) but they were generated by the same worry, that characterized not only the pre-war Spain but all Europe.
The course want to try a comprehension of both authors' vitalism, with their complex relationship with rationality, in attempt to have a general vision of the meaning of primum vivere, deinde philosophari.
The course expects the reading and comment of the scheduled works by José Ortega y Gasset and Miguel de Unamuno, and their discussion. The students are asked to bring the following books since the beginning of the lessons:
- M. de Unamuno, Il sentimento tragico della vita negli uomini e nei popoli, a cura di M. Donati, SE, Milano 2013.
- M. de Unamuno, Tre novelle esemplari e un prologo, a cura di N. Fioraso, Asterios, Trieste 2015.
- J. Ortega y Gasset, Il tema del nostro tempo, a cura di C. Rocco, SugarCo, Milano 1994.
- J. Ortega y Gasset, Meditazioni del Chisciotte, a cura di A. Savignano, Mimesis, Milano 2014.
For not attending students:
- A. Savignano, Introduzione a Ortega y Gasset, Laterza, Bari 1996.
- A. Savignano, Introduzione a Unamuno, Laterza, Bari 2001.
Oral exam
d'Ors - Formula biologica della logica
(pdf, it, 57 KB, 09/11/15)
Leopardi - Canti
(pdf, it, 33 KB, 12/11/15)
Pascal - Pensiero 233
(pdf, it, 57 KB, 16/11/15)
Unamuno - Mulini a vento
(pdf, it, 179 KB, 09/11/15)
Unamuno - Preghiera dell'ateo
(pdf, it, 36 KB, 17/11/15)
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