Mariano Iberico Rodríguez (*

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

, 1892 - died

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, 1974) was a Peruvian philosopher.

Life and education

He was born in Cajamarca,

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on April 11, 1892 and received his higher education at the National University of San Marcos in Lima. In 1919 he was awarded doctorates in Literature, Political Science and Administration, and Jurisprudence. After completing his training, he became a professor in the School of Arts at the University of San Marcos, the same center of Lima where he had completed his studies. Throughout his career he would teach History of Modern Philosophy, Subjective Philosophy, History of Ancient Philosophy, Aesthetics and Contemporary Philosophers. From 1952-1955 he served as rector of the University and for a short period of time (December 1955), was Minister of Education.

Philosophy and impact

There are two main areas in which Dr. Iberico focused: the relationship between

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

and

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

and

dialectics Dialectic ( grc-gre, διαλεκτική, ''dialektikḗ''; related to dialogue; german: Dialektik), also known as the dialectical method, is a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to ...

of being and appearing. In his treatment of aesthetics he was very influenced by the ideas of

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. His theory of symbolic knowledge summarized the relationship between aesthetic experience and metaphysics (the "feeling of cosmic life"), considering the latter a transcendental improvement on the former. Considering his theory of the relationship between ''being'' and ''appearing'', his most original contribution to philosophy, Dr. Iberico said that ''being'' ceases to be, in and of itself, when ''being'' ''appears'' mirrored before the conscience, which synthesizes ''being'' and ''appearance''. Thus a dialectic of ''being'' is created that is reflected in ''appearance'' and ''appearance'' acquires the status of ''being''. The library o
The National University of Cajamarca
bears his name.

Writings

Among his most important writings are: * ''An Aesthetic Philosophy'' ( es, Una filosofía estética) (1920) * ''The New Absolute'' ( es, El nuevo absoluto) (1926) * ''The Journey of the Spirit'' ( es, El viaje del espíritu) (1929) * ''The Divided Unity'' ( es, La unidad dividida) (1932) * ''Notes on the Landscapes of the Sierra'' ( es, Notas sobre el paisaje de la sierra) (1937) * ''The Sense of Cosmic Life'' ( es, El sentimiento de la vida cósmica) (1939) * ''The Apparition: an essay on being and appearing'' ( es, La aparición: Ensayo sobre el ser y el aparecer) (1950). * ''Psychology'' ( es, Psicología) (1958, co-written with Honorio Delgado).

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