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 Per ...

, 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 The National University of San Marcos (, UNMSM) is a public university, public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established (Privilege (legal ethics), privilege by Charles V, ...

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 (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

and

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...

and

dialectics Dialectic (; ), also known as the dialectical method, refers originally to dialogue between people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argument. Dialectic resembles debate, but the ...

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

Henri Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (; ; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the S ...

. 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'' () (1920) * ''The New Absolute'' () (1926) * ''The Journey of the Spirit'' () (1929) * ''The Divided Unity'' () (1932) * ''Notes on the Landscapes of the Sierra'' () (1937) * ''The Sense of Cosmic Life'' () (1939) * ''The Apparition: an essay on being and appearing'' () (1950). * ''Psychology'' () (1958, co-written with

Honorio Delgado Honorio Delgado Espinosa (September 26, 1892 – November 28, 1969) was a Peruvian teacher, researcher, humanist, philosopher who was influenced by psychoanalysis, linguist, and scholar, born in Arequipa, Peru. Delgado graduated from the School ...

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