Leszczyna, Dorota (Wydawnictwo Diecezji Zielonogórsko-Gorzowskiej, 2009)
José Otega y Gasset (1883-1955) was a spanish philosopher, journalist, politician. Gasset was regarded during his lifetime as being the one of the greatest spanish thinker in the XX century, and given the nicname El Filosofo. His writings are characterized by depth, penetration and clearness of expression. His most important philosophical achievements were in originaly interpretation of the history and culture. For Ortega y Gasset, vital reason is also “historical reason”, for individuals and societies are not detached from their past. In order to understand a reality we must understand, as Dilthey pointed out, its history. In Ortega’s words, humans have “no nature, but history” and reason should not focus on what is (static) but what becomes (dynamic).
