José Ortega y Gasset

1883 - 1955

country of citizenship: Spain

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

educated at: Universidad Central, University of Deusto, St. Stanislaus Kostka College, Málaga

occupation: philosopher, pedagogue, writer, university teacher, sociologist, mathematician, literary critic, opinion journalist, politician, poet, translator, essayist

award received: Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft

position held: Vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas, Member of the Cortes republicanas

student of: Julio Cejador y Frauca

José Ortega y Gasset (Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣaj ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism, and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" that "comprised a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics inspired by William James, and with a general method from a realist phenomenology imitating Edmund Husserl, which served both his proto-existentialism (prior to Martin Heidegger's) and his realist historicism, which has been compared to both Wilhelm Dilthey and Benedetto Croce." Source: Wikipedia (en)