Maria Zambrano Quotes
Maria Zambrano Alarcon was a Spanish philosopher, essayist, and disciple of Jose Ortega y Gasset and one of the principal voices of twentieth-century Spanish-language thought. After the fall of the Spanish Republic she lived in a long exile through Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, France, and Italy, and only in the last years of her life returned to a democratic Spain that received her with the Cervantes Prize in 1988. The quotes below are attributed to Maria Zambrano, organized by topic.
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Maria Zambrano on Politics
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Attributed to Maria Zambrano:
“Democracy is the political form of the irreducible person.”
Maria Zambrano on Time
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“Dawn is the proper hour of philosophy.”
Maria Zambrano on Truth
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“Poetic reason restores what abstract reason has lost.”
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“Philosophy without poetry forgets the wholeness of the human.”
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“The exile becomes a witness to truths the homeland could not see.”