Overview
La obra más difundida y famosa de Ortega y Gasset.
José Ortega y Gasset (Madrid, 1883-1955), doctor en Filosofía y Letras, amplió estudios en las Universidades de Leipzig, Berlín y Marburgo, consiguiendo a los veintisiete años la cátedra de Metafísica de la Universidad Central. En 1923 funda Revista de Occidente, una de las publicaciones culturales de mayor prestigio internacional.
La rebelión de las masas, publicado por primera vez en 1930, es la obra más difundida y famosa de Ortega. Como nos explica Julián Marías en su Introducción, el libro va pareciendo más verdadero, más fiel a la realidad a medida que pasa el tiempo. La razón de su renovada actualidad confirma el carácter filosófico de esa obra frente el significado político que con frecuencia se le ha atribuido erróneamente.
«Pienso que toda vida –dice Ortega- ... se compone de puros instantes, cada uno de los cuales está relativamente indeterminado respecto al anterior, de suerte que en él la realidad vacila..., y no sabe bien si decidirse por una u otra entre varias posibilidades. Este titubeo metafísico proporciona a todo lo vital esa inconfundible cualidad de vibración y estremecimiento»
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The most widely disseminated and famous work of Ortega y Gasset.
José Ortega y Gasset (Madrid, 1883–1955), PhD in Philosophy and Letters, pursued further studies at the Universities of Leipzig, Berlin, and Marburg, and at twenty-seven secured the chair of Metaphysics at the Central University. In 1923 he founded Revista de Occidente, one of the cultural journals of greatest international prestige.
The Revolt of the Masses, first published in 1930, is Ortega's most widely disseminated and famous work. As Julián Marías explains in his Introduction, the book appears truer and more faithful to reality as time passes. The reason for its renewed relevance confirms the philosophical character of the work as opposed to the political meaning that is often mistakenly attributed to it.
“I think that every life —says Ortega— ... is composed of pure instants, each of which is relatively indeterminate with respect to the previous one, so that in it reality hesitates..., and does not know well whether to decide for one or another among several possibilities. This metaphysical hesitation gives to all that is vital that unmistakable quality of vibration and trembling”
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