![]() ![]() You’re to assume that although you can’t control your own circumstances, there’s always a certain amount of space in which to be responsible for yourself and generate changes. “I am I and my circumstance and, if I do not save it, I do not save myself.” This phrase, so representative of José Ortega y Gasset, implied the influence of this scenario. They were gaining a foothold through cultural movements and also consumerism. ![]() Unionism with nationalisms, and in turn, with the popular class. The rise of communism confronting fascism. Keep in mind that this famous philosopher developed his work in a highly complex context. They did so to express themselves through art, civic values, and liberal philosophy. Ortega reflected like no other the irruption of the liberated masses that finally left the elite aside. ![]() They were about the social and intellectual situation of Europe in the middle of the 20th century. His most representative works, such as Invertebrate Spain (1921), The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature (1925), and The Revolt of the Masses (1930), described a very relevant page in human history. He belonged to the movement of Noucentisme and the Generation of 14, that also include figures such as Pablo Picasso or Juan Ramón Jiménez. Intellectual, essayist, journalist, speaker… His liberal and regenerative discourse contained the essence of perspectivism and vital reason. ![]() José Ortega y Gasset was one of the most outstanding Spanish philosophers. ![]()
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