The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno

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The bourgeois attitude towards death is to postpone it and forget it. The meaning of our existence is, then, to lengthen life as much as possible. Heidegger understands death as the most authentic possibility of human beings: human beings are there to die. In Unamuno the desire to live of the hunger...

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Autor: Gutiérrez Pozo, Antonio
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2023
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Lenguaje:español
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Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
Materia:Unamuno
Heidegger
Death
Meaning of life
Hunger for immortality
Muerte
Sentido de la vida
Hambre de inmortalidad
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spelling The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de UnamunoLa pasión útil. Muerte y sentido de la vida en Miguel de UnamunoGutiérrez Pozo, AntonioUnamunoHeideggerDeathMeaning of lifeHunger for immortalityUnamunoHeideggerMuerteSentido de la vidaHambre de inmortalidadThe bourgeois attitude towards death is to postpone it and forget it. The meaning of our existence is, then, to lengthen life as much as possible. Heidegger understands death as the most authentic possibility of human beings: human beings are there to die. In Unamuno the desire to live of the hunger for immortality is grounded on the awareness of having to die; at the same time, having to die implies the hunger for immortality. This is the tragic sense of life. Absolute death implies the complete lack of sense. Thus, human beings would be a useless passion. In the hunger for immortality there is, therefore, a profound affirmation of the meaning of life as a struggle for meaning. Although nothingness awaits us, let’s turn this into an injustice: that is, act in such a way that you do not deserve to die, that you deserve eternity and meaning. Against the metaphysical nihilism of Mephistopheles, hope is thus grounded. Therefore, this passion is useful since we are only able to relate to eternity and meaning by deserving them.La actitud burguesa ante la muerte es posponerla y olvidarla. El sentido de la existencia, entonces, es alargar la vida todo lo posible. Heidegger entiende la muerte como la posibilidad más auténtica del ser humano: el ser humano está ahí para morir. En Unamuno, el querer vivir del hambre de inmortalidad se funda sobre la conciencia del tener que morir; y, a su vez, el tener que morir implica el hambre de inmortalidad. Este es el sentimiento trágico de la vida. La muerte absoluta implica la falta completa de sentido. Así, el ser humano sería una pasión inútil. En el hambre de inmortalidad entonces hay una profunda afirmación del sentido de la vida como lucha por el sentido. Aunque la nada nos espere, hagamos que sea una injusticia, es decir, actúa de modo que no merezcas morir, que merezcas la eternidad y el sentido. Contra el nihilismo metafísico de Mefistófeles, así se fundamenta la esperanza. Por esto, la pasión es útil, porque solo podemos relacionarnos con la eternidad y el sentido mereciéndolos.Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades2023-12-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/arete/article/view/27920Areté; Vol. 35 Núm. 2 (2023); 345-3732223-37411016-913Xreponame:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perúinstname:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perúinstacron:PUCPspahttp://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/arete/article/view/27920/25917info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/279202023-12-11T19:32:10Z
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La pasión útil. Muerte y sentido de la vida en Miguel de Unamuno
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spellingShingle The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno
Gutiérrez Pozo, Antonio
Unamuno
Heidegger
Death
Meaning of life
Hunger for immortality
Unamuno
Heidegger
Muerte
Sentido de la vida
Hambre de inmortalidad
title_short The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno
title_full The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno
title_fullStr The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno
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Heidegger
Death
Meaning of life
Hunger for immortality
Unamuno
Heidegger
Muerte
Sentido de la vida
Hambre de inmortalidad
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Heidegger
Death
Meaning of life
Hunger for immortality
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Heidegger
Muerte
Sentido de la vida
Hambre de inmortalidad
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The Useful Passion: Death and the Meaning of Life in Miguel de Unamuno
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