Personhood in El Criticón by Baltasar Gracián: how to become a complete man

TY - JOUR

T1 - Personhood in El Criticón by Baltasar Gracián

T2 - how to become a complete man

AU - Andersen, Katrine Helene

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - El Criticón by Baltasar Gracián is more than just the literary venture of a philosopher; it is the result of the reflections and ideas presented in his prior works. This essay analyses El Criticón in accordance with the theoretical reflections on language and ingenium made in Agudeza y arte de ingenio and shows how the concept of persona emerges from the pages of El Criticón and moves from being the particular story of Andrenio and Critilo to becoming a universal theory of personhood. It studies Gracián's concept of persona in a philosophical perspective and compares it to the Cartesian cogito and Locke's idea of personal identity.

AB - El Criticón by Baltasar Gracián is more than just the literary venture of a philosopher; it is the result of the reflections and ideas presented in his prior works. This essay analyses El Criticón in accordance with the theoretical reflections on language and ingenium made in Agudeza y arte de ingenio and shows how the concept of persona emerges from the pages of El Criticón and moves from being the particular story of Andrenio and Critilo to becoming a universal theory of personhood. It studies Gracián's concept of persona in a philosophical perspective and compares it to the Cartesian cogito and Locke's idea of personal identity.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Gracián (Baltasar)

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1475-3839

SP - 789

EP - 803

JO - Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

JF - Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

ER -