ABSTRACT

Unamuno, William James y Kierkegaard was published by Luis Farré in 1967. Three of the pieces contained in the book directly deal with Kierkegaard. The other five pieces deal with diverse Protestant theologians and the contemporary spiritual situation of Roman Catholicism. Unamuno, William James y Kierkegaard, the essay which lends its title to the book as a whole, is also the longest piece of the collection. The essay stands slightly more in the service of the understanding of Unamuno than of James and Kierkegaard. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that throughout the essay the three authors are being ranked, with Kierkegaard in the first and Unamuno in the second place. The second piece dealing with Kierkegaard is entitled Hegel, Kierkegaard, and two Spaniards: Ortega y Gasset and Unamuno. In Spain one could find enthusiastic efforts to bring Unamuno and Ortega as close to each other as possible.