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Philosophy and Poetry
María Zambrano
María Zambrano's essay on the old quarrel between philosophy and poetry: philosophy's pursuit of systematic truth set against poetry's closeness to lived experience, and a case for bringing the two back together. Drafted as she went into exile at the end of the Spanish Civil War, it was first published in Mexico in 1939.
Vivek’s Notes
The Spanish philosopher and essayist won the Cervantes Prize in 1988. In 1939 she crossed the Pyrenees into exile among half a million refugees, drafting this book as she went. Her exile lasted over forty years, through Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Rome and France.
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