Other Voices

by Welch, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780268044190
• ISBN10: 0268044198
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-31
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Summary

Other Voices: Readings in Spanish Philosophy presents works from nearly two millennia of Spanish philosophy, from thinkers in first-century 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 (Averros), Moses Maimonides, Ramn Llull, Juan Luis Vives, Francisco de Vitoria, Bartolom de Las Casas, Francisco Surez, Benito Jernimo Feijo, Miguel de Unamuno, and Jos 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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

JOHN R. WELCH is the Chair in the Division of Humanities and Art at Saint Louis University, Madrid.

Table of Contents

Preface
Roman Spain	p. 1
Seneca	p. 3
Moral Letters: Philosophy as Self-Defense	p. 5
Quintilian	p. 21
Institutio oratoria: The Orator as Philosopher	p. 23
Visigothic Spain	p. 45
Isidore of Seville	p. 47
Etymologies: Rhetoric, Dialectic, Philosophy, and Law	p. 49
The High Middle Ages	p. 55
Ibn Rushd (Averroës)	p. 57
The Decisive Treatise, Determining the Nature of the Connection between Religion and Philosophy	p. 59
Moses Maimonides	p. 89
The Guide of the Perplexed: God and the World's Creation	p. 92
Ramón Llull	p. 117
Ars brevis: A Philosophical Calculator	p. 120
The Renaissance	p. 137
Juan Luis Vives	p. 139
On the Soul and Life: The Passions	p. 142
The Age of Discovery	p. 171
Francisco de Vitoria	p. 173
On the Law of War: Can War Ever Be Just?	p. 176
Bartolomé de Las Casas	p. 209
In Defense of the Indians: On Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism	p. 212
The Counter-Reformation	p. 233
Francisco Suárez	p. 237
On Laws: Power and the People	p. 240
The Enlightenment	p. 257
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo	p. 259
A Defense of Women: Equality despite Difference	p. 262
The Generation of '98	p. 285
Miguel de Unamuno	p. 289
The Tragic Sense of Life: A Quixotic Ethics	p. 292
The School of Madrid	p. 309
José Ortega y Gasset	p. 313
History as a System: A Plea for Historical Reason	p. 316
Notes	p. 333
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