Miguel de Unamuno

Spanish philosopher, died 1936. Professor of Greek, then Chancellor, of the University of Salamanca. Wrote the novel "Amor y pedagogía" ("Love and Pedagogy"). Along with Ortega y Gasset, Spain's leading intellectual in the 1920-1936 period, if not earlier.

Died of natural causes, in his sleep, under house arrest, at the outset of the Spanish Civil War. Death was a key topic in his thought, and he opined that to die while sleeping was the best way.

External links

• More about de Unamuno at Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Unamuno

• The author's novel "Amor y pedagogía" (in Spanish) may be viewed on-line at the following link:

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