![]() ![]() For Unamuno, art was a way of expressing spiritual problems. His most famous novel was Abel Sanchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story. ![]() ![]() His best known, and most important, philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1913). Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864 – 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher. (They trouble me too.) Little did I know what treasures awaited me in discovering the work of this early twentieth century thinker. It seemed odd to me that Houston would mention a philosopher who more than dabbled in some ideologies that would trouble most American conservatives. The course was one on spiritual formation. I was driving my car to speak in Iowa in the summer of about 1998 and the esteemed founding president of Regent College (Vancouver), James Houston, mentioned the importance of this Spanish philosopher for deeper insight into the faith. I remember when I first heard the Spaniard’s name – Miguel de Unamuno. ![]()
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