“Science says: "We must live," and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable; wisdom says: "We must die," and seeks ho...”
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (Bilbao, 29 de septiembre de 1864 - Salamanca, 31 de diciembre de 1936) fue un escritor y filósofo español perteneciente a la generación del 98. En su obra cultivó gran variedad de géneros literarios, incluyendo novela, ensayo, teatro y poesía. Rector de la Universidad de Salamanca a lo largo de tres periodos, también fue diputado de las Cortes constituyentes de la Segunda República, de la que se fue distanciando hasta el punto de secundar la sublevación militar que dio inicio a la guerra civil, algo de lo que se arrepintió después públicamente. Unamuno fue uno de los primeros existencialistas, preocupado por la tensión entre el intelecto y la emoción, la fe y la razón. Su principal ensayo filosófico fue *Del sentimiento trágico de la vida* (1912), y entre sus novelas más famosas se encuentran *Niebla* (1914), *Abel Sánchez* (1917), o *La tía Tula* (1921). ---------- Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (Bilbao, September 29, 1864-Salamanca, December 31, 1936) was a Spanish writer and philosopher belonging to the generation of '98. In his work he cultivated a wide variety of literary genres, including novel, essay, theater and poetry. Rector of the University of Salamanca for three periods, he was also a deputy of the Constituent Courts of the Second Republic, from which he distanced himself to the point of supporting the military uprising that started the civil war, something of which who later publicly repented. Unamuno was one of the first existentialists, concerned with the tension between intellect and emotion, faith and reason. His main philosophical essay was *Del sentimiento trágico de la vida* (1912), and his most famous novels, *Niebla* (1914), *Abel Sánchez* (1917), and *La tía Tula* (1921).
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“Science says: "We must live," and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable; wisdom says: "We must die," and seeks ho...”
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“To believe in God is to yearn for His existence, and furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.”
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“They will conquer, but they will not convince.”
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“Life is doubt, And faith without doubt is nothing but death.”
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“Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”
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“Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their cons...”
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“At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need wh...”
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“Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. -Miguel de Unamuno, philosopher and writer (1864-1936)”
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“Yes, yes, I see it all! — an enormous social activity, a mighty civilization, a profuseness of science, of art, of industry, of morality, and afterwords, when we have filled the world with i...”
“Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.”
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“There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his c...”
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“If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.”
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“Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.”
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“A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.”
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“Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.”
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“Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.”
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“Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.”
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“That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence.”
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“The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.”
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“The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule.”
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