Tragic Sense of Life

This is the masterpiece of Miguel de Unamuno a member of the group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers known as the Generation of 98 and a writer whose work dramatically influenced a wide range of 20th-century literature. His down-to-earth demeanor and no-nonsense outlook makes this 1921 book a favorite of intellectuals to this day a practical sensible discussion of the war between faith and reason that consumed the twentieth century and continues to rage in the twenty-first century. de Unamunos philosophy is not the stuff of a rarefied realm but an integral part of fleshly sensual life metaphysics that speaks to daily living and the real world. Spanish philosopher MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO (1864-1936) was a prolific writer of essays novels poetry and the stage plays. His books include Peace in War (1895) The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho (1905) and Abel Sánchez (1917).