Francisco Romero Quotes
Francisco Romero was an Argentine philosopher of Spanish origin and one of the principal architects of academic philosophy in the Spanish-speaking world of the twentieth century. A pupil and intellectual heir of Alejandro Korn, he held the chair of philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires and at La Plata and founded the Argentine Philosophical Society. The quotes below are attributed to Francisco Romero, organized by topic.
Francisco Romero on Freedom
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Attributed to Francisco Romero:
“Personalism is the philosophy of the irreducible individual.”
Francisco Romero on Mind
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Attributed to Francisco Romero:
“The human is the being that transcends itself toward what it is not yet.”
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Attributed to Francisco Romero:
“Each act of intentionality opens onto a horizon of being.”
Francisco Romero on Nature
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Attributed to Francisco Romero:
“The person is more than nature, and less than the absolute.”
Francisco Romero on Politics
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Attributed to Francisco Romero:
“Latin America has a vocation to philosophy of its own.”