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    Three Chilean Thinkers
    Three Chilean Thinkers
    Three Chilean Thinkers
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    Three Chilean Thinkers

    By Solomon Lipp

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    Three Chilean Thinkers, a companion piece to Three Argentine Thinkers, attempts to examine some of the outstanding characters of Chile's intellectual development by way of analyzing the contribution of three of her distinguished representatives. Each thinker or philosopher, whichever the case may be, is symbolic of a definite sociopolitical movement which left its unmistakable imprint upon the cultural scene. Moreover, each thinker, no doubt, was strongly influenced by European philosophical trends, but should in now way be considered a mere imitator. It would be more accurate to say that they adapted these currents to their particular situation, utilizing the various component elements in order to explain or reform the Spanish American scene.

    Since each of the three represents a separate epoch, it was thought best to present them in chronological fashion in order to insure a measure of historical continuity. Thus, the first author treated is Francisco Bilbao, representative par excellence of the Romantic period. He is followed by Valentín Letelier, who can be said to have been one of the foremost exponents of what may well be considered as a reaction to Romanticism, namely, the Positivist era. Finally, Positivism, in turn, also produced a reaction in the form of the various idealistic tendencies which blossomed forth at the turn of the century—reaction to the dominant position exercised by evolutionism and scientism—represented in Chile by Enrique Molina.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9780889207226
    Three Chilean Thinkers
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    Solomon Lipp

    Solomon Lipp, Professor Emeritus, continues to teach in the Department of Hispanic Studies, McGill University. His numerous publications in the fields of foreign languages, literature, and philosophy include Three Chilean Thinkers (WLU Press, 1975), Leopoldo Zea: From Mexicanidad to a Philosophy of History (WLU Press, 1980), and Three Argentine Thinkers (distributed by WLU Press).

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