José Gaos and the Spanish civil war

Abstract

This text reproduces a part of the Prologue to the first volume of Complete Works by José Gaos. The volume, that bears the title “Spanish Writings (1928-1938)”, is forthcoming, and it offers a number of unpublished speeches and discourses that the philosopher held during the years of the Spanish Civil War. My article takes into account Gaos’ peculiar understanding of the war from a Republican perspective, and considers how Ortega’s philosophy remained for him the main source in order to face the destruction of the Spanish circumstance and in order to assume a Spanish tradition of thinking. It also pays some attention to his biographical vicissitudes in these years.