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- Presents a critical, up-to-date analysis on the origin of Spanish philosophy written by Santob de Carrión
- Includes a historical and cultural introduction that provides biographical detail as well as context for a greater understand of Santob's philosophy
- Awarded the International Samuel Toledano’ prize, Jerusalem, 2014
Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 127)
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to the Historical and Cultural Context
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book takes readers on a philosophical discovery of a forgotten treasure, one born in the 14th century but which appears to belong to the 21st. It presents a critical, up-to-date analysis of Santob de Carrión, also known as Sem Tob, a writer and thinker whose philosophy arose in the Spain of the three great cultures: Jews, Christians, and Muslims, who then coexisted in peace.
The author first presents a historical and cultural introduction that provides biographical detail as well as context for a greater understand of Santob's philosophy. Next, the book offers a dialogue with the work itself, which looks at politics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and theodicy. The aim is not to provide an exhaustiveanalysis, or to comment on each and every verse, but rather to deal only with the most relevant for today’s world.
Readers will discover how Santob believed knowledge must be dynamic, and tolerance fundamental, fleeing from dogma, since one cannot avoid a significant dose of moral and aesthetic relativism. Subjectivity, within its own codes, must seek a profound ethics, not puritanical but which serves to escape from general ill will. Santob offers a criticism of wealth and power that does not serve the people which appears to be totally relevant today.
In spite of the fame he achieved in his own time, Santob has largely remained a vestige of the past. By the end of this book, readers will come to see why this important figure deserves to be more widely studied. Indeed, not only has this medieval Spanish philosopher searched for truth in an unstable, confused world of contradictions, but he has done so in a way that can still help us today.
Authors and Affiliations
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Humanities, University Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ilia Galán Díez
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Birth of Thought in the Spanish Language
Book Subtitle: 14th century Hebrew-Spanish Philosophy
Authors: Ilia Galán Díez
Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50977-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50976-1Published: 07 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84536-4Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50977-8Published: 29 March 2017
Series ISSN: 0921-8599
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 234
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Philosophy, History of Medieval Europe, Jewish Cultural Studies, Medieval Philosophy, European Culture