Ignacio Ellacuria Quotes
Ignacio Ellacuria Beascoechea was a Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit philosopher, theologian, and the long-time rector of the Central American University in San Salvador. A pupil of Xavier Zubiri, whose unfinished writings he edited, he developed a philosophy of historical reality and a Latin American liberation theology that took the situation of the impoverished majorities of the continent as the privileged locus of philosophical and theological reflection. The quotes below are attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria, organized by topic.
Ignacio Ellacuria on God
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Attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria:
“The historical reality of the poor is the locus of theological reflection.”
Ignacio Ellacuria on Knowledge
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Attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria:
“The university must be the conscience of the society it serves.”
Ignacio Ellacuria on Truth
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Attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria:
“To take charge of reality is to bear it and to take responsibility for it.”
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Attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria:
“Truth is what makes us free, but only when it is faced honestly.”
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Attributed to Ignacio Ellacuria:
“Reality is more than ideas; thought serves the historical struggle.”