Miguel De Unamuno's The Tragic Sense Of Life

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Question 1: Miguel De Unamuno's The Tragic Sense of Life The Tragic sense of life by Miguel De Unamuno is an essay based on philosophy, which was written in 1912, and the author was a philosophy professor. In his view, it is evident that Unamuno's perspective of life embraces self-contradiction and has strong beliefs in the rejection of logical perception. In his style, one can deduce that unlike the usual philosophers who are always calm, Unamuno depicted some sense of great feeling and severity in the message that he was trying to pass across. The passion that he brings along is the center of his work, which makes him contradict the aspect of other philosophers.
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Furthermore, his writings were listed in the Catholic's appendix because he was against the Catholic principles. Unamuno was the epitome of body and flesh although it was considered that his thoughts were not original. Unamuno had many titles, which included essayist, philologist, playwright, novelist, poet, and many others, but the specific work that he wrote in his book Tragic Sense of Life gave him the excellent reputation, and he was one of the greatest philosophers in the European nations in the 20th century.
Despite that Unamuno did not deviate from his philosophical school of thought, people thought that he was the founder of religious existentialism, and therefore he is considered as one voice, which examines the relationship between individuals and the society. His voice produced themes that changed the Europeans' social and political system, and his passion made him influential in the twentieth century. Besides, after the Second World War, the work of Unamuno gained scholarly interest, and as his birth was commemorated, conferences were made in his honor to discuss the impact that his work had on

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