Misericordia: Philosophical Remarks for an Intrahistory of Piety from Texts by Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), and María Zambrano (1904-1991)

The word Misericordia (Mercy), the title of one of Benito Pérez Galdós’s last novels, indicates the philosophical meditation nature of this contribution. This word, emblematic of what Unamuno and Zambrano designated with the term ‘piety’, the key to their thought, and Galdosian characters such as Be...

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Autor: Bonilla, Alcira Beatriz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Interpretatio. Revista de Hermenéutica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/372
Acceso en línea:https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/interpretatio/index.php/in/article/view/372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Benito Pérez Galdós
Miguel de Unamuno
María Zambrano
piety
intrahistory
piedad
intrahistoria
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Sumario:The word Misericordia (Mercy), the title of one of Benito Pérez Galdós’s last novels, indicates the philosophical meditation nature of this contribution. This word, emblematic of what Unamuno and Zambrano designated with the term ‘piety’, the key to their thought, and Galdosian characters such as Benina and Almudena, anachronistic examples of the ‘intrahistory’ of the same, provide an atmosphere appropriate to linking the work of both thinkers. With great mastery of the Spanish, Latin American and Western philosophical and literary tradition, as well as of the Castilian language, both Unamuno and Zambrano poured into many texts that are difficult to read today, their shared passion for finding in the depths of the human ‘mystery’ the root of a possible, though difficult (agonizing) coexistence. In this paper we will look at them.