Pedro Cerezo Galán (born 14 February 1935,

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) is a Spanish philosopher and university professor. His specialty is contemporary

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, including modern Spanish thinkers such as

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and Antonio Machado.

Biography

He graduated from the

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in 1958, with a degree in philosophy and literature, and obtained his doctorate there three years later. His thesis on the concept of

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was published as a book in 1962. This was followed by studies at the

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and the

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. He was also a

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at the

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, the Goethe-Institut and the

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.Brief biography
@ Córdobapedia. In 1968, he became an associate professor of philosophy at the

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then, two years later, obtained the chair of history and philosophy at the

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, where he remained until his retirement, serving as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and letters. He is currently a Professor Emeritus. In the general elections of 1982, he was chosen as a deputy, representing the District of Granada for the

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. From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the advisory committee at the Juan March Foundation. In 2014, he was awarded the

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."El filósofo Pedro Cerezo Galán, Premio Internacional Menéndez Pelayo"
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Selected writings

* ''Palabra en el tiempo: Poesía y filosofía en Antonio Machado'', Gredos, 1975 * ''La voluntad de aventura: Aproximaciones críticas al pensamiento de Ortega y Gasset'', Ariel, 1984 * ''Las máscaras de lo trágico: Filosofía y tragedia en Miguel de Unamuno'', Trotta, 1996 * ''El mal del siglo. El conflicto entre Ilustración y Romanticismo en la crisis finisecular del siglo XIX'', Biblioteca Nueva, 2004 * ''Ética pública. Ethos civil'', Biblioteca Nueva, 2010 * ''José Ortega y Gasset y la razón práctica'', Biblioteca Nueva, 2011

References

External links

Writings by Cerezo
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