Xavier Zubiri Quotes
Xavier Zubiri was a Spanish Catholic philosopher and one of the most original Spanish-language metaphysicians of the twentieth century. After studies under Husserl, Heidegger, and Schrodinger in interwar Germany, he held the chair of metaphysics at Madrid until the Spanish Civil War and afterward worked privately, supported by his own circle and by foreign foundations. The quotes below are attributed to Xavier Zubiri, organized by topic.
Xavier Zubiri on Mind
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Attributed to Xavier Zubiri:
“Reality is the constitutive moment of intelligence.”
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Attributed to Xavier Zubiri:
“Intelligence is sentient; the senses are intelligent.”
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Attributed to Xavier Zubiri:
“Each act of knowing is also an act of inhabiting reality.”
Xavier Zubiri on Truth
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Attributed to Xavier Zubiri:
“Things are not given as objects but as realities.”
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Attributed to Xavier Zubiri:
“Truth is the actualization of the real in the intelligent self.”