Leopoldo Zea Quotes on Knowledge
Leopoldo Zea was a Mexican philosopher and the principal figure of the philosophy of Latin American identity in the second half of the twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Leopoldo Zea on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Leopoldo Zea:
“Latin American philosophy is born of the encounter of cultures.”
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Attributed to Leopoldo Zea:
“Philosophy in our America must be a philosophy of liberation.”
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“President Galtieri’s address to the nation , 2 April 1982”
Safeguarding national honour, without rancour but with firmness demanded by the circumstances, we have recovered the southern islands which are a legitimate part of our national territory. This decision was prompted by the need to put an end to the interminable seccession of evasive and dilatory tactics used by Great Britain to perpetuate its domination over the islands and their zone of influence -
“President Galtieri’s address to the nation , 2 April 1982”
The dispatch of a naval force and the peremptory outcome that Great Britain tried to impose are clear demonstrations that that country persists in addressing the question with arguments based on force, and that the solution is sought through the simple refusal to recognize Argentinian rights. In view of that unacceptable intention, the Argentine Government could have no other response than the one -
“President Galtieri’s address to the nation , 2 April 1982”
With Christian faith I pray that those who are today our adversaries may understand their error in time and may deeply reflect before persisting in a stance which is rejected by all the free peoples in the world and by all those who had their territory mutiliated and endured colonialism and exploitation. With Christian faith I pray for our men deployed to the southern seas, for your children, husb -
“President Galtieri’s address to the nation , 2 April 1982”
We must all believe in ourselves and together raise our national banner high as a symbol of freedom so that it can fly sovereignly and definitively over our great fatherland. This will not prevent us from persisting in our tradition as a peace-loving nation and from respecting all world nations, nor will it prevent us from resuming with dignity, through friendly gestures stemming from our natural -
“Argentina rejects resolution" , The New York Times (April 4, 1982)”
Argentina will maintain its freedom of action to protect the nation's interests and honor, which will not be negociated... Argentina is not willing to renounce its historical rights over the islands and withdraw from what is hers the armed forces who are and represent the people of our nation. -
“Speech , 10 April 1982”
The nobility... of the Argentine people, in this square and all the country’s squares, causes us to offer our hand to the adversary, but this must not be taken as weak- ness. If it is necessary, the people, whose feelings I try to interpret as President of the nation, will be ready... to offer a hand, a gesture of peace with nobility and in a gesture of peace with honour, but they will also be rea -
“We are prepared to continue the dialogue, to search for ways to compose it together, to satisfy the interests of Great Britain, of the people of the Malvinas.”
Galtieri, in the Falklands, strikes a conciliatory note" , The New York Times (April 23, 1982) -
“Galtieri, in the Falklands, strikes a conciliatory note" , The New York Times (April 23, 1982)”
We are prepared to continue the dialogue, to search for ways to compose it together, to satisfy the interests of Great Britain, of the people of the Malvinas.