Life and works
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 9 May 1883 | Born in Madrid, into a family tied to liberal journalism.[3] [4] |
| c. 1905–1907 ≈ | Studies in Germany — Leipzig, Berlin and, decisively, Marburg, under neo-Kantianism — before returning to Madrid.[3] |
| 1910 | Wins the competition (8 October) for the chair of metaphysics at the Central University of Madrid, vacant since the death of Nicolás Salmerón.[3] |
| 1914 | Publishes Meditaciones del Quijote, where the formula 'I am I and my circumstance' appears.[3] [4] |
| 1921/1922 | Publishes España invertebrada — the SEP dates the book to 1921; Britannica, to 1922.[3] [4] |
| 1923 | Founds the Revista de Occidente, the leading organ of intellectual renewal in the Spain of the period.[4] |
| 1929/1930 | Publishes La rebelión de las masas, his most famous work — Britannica dates it to 1929 (as a series of articles); the SEP records the book in 1930.[4] [3] |
| 1931 | Becomes one of the first members of the Constituent Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic.[3] |
| 1936–1945 | With the outbreak of the Civil War, leaves Spain; lives in Europe and Argentina, returning at the end of the Second World War (Britannica describes the period as voluntary exile).[3] [4] |
| 1948 | Founds in Madrid, with his disciple Julián Marías, the Instituto de Humanidades — he never resumed his university chair, and the government restricts the institute's activities until its closure in 1950.[3] |
| 18 October 1955 | Dies in Madrid.[4] [3] |
Reception in the COF
Present in 82 of the 589 transcription files of the Curso Online de Filosofia; 7 lectures engage him substantially (5 or more mentions). The most engaged lectures:
This section documents what Olavo said and when — never what the philosopher "really" meant. Characterizations are Olavo’s, tied to a lecture by number and date.
| Lecture (aula) | Date | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 528 | — | 9 |
| 13 | 2009-07-04 | 8 |
| 2 | 2009-03-21 | 6 |
| 538 | — | 6 |
| 37 | 2009-12-19 | 5 |
| 350 | — | 5 |
| 452 | — | 5 |
| 8 | 2009-05-23 | 4 |
| 12 | 2009-06-20 | 4 |
| 158 | 2012-06-09 | 4 |
| 274 | 2014-12-13 | 4 |
| 584 | — | 4 |
| 4 | 2009-04-18 | 3 |
| 75 | 2010-09-18 | 3 |
| 82 | 2010-11-06 | 3 |
A dash in the date column means the transcription file carries no verified date — an undated file, not an undated lecture. Counts are accent-insensitive, word-boundary matches over the public community transcription corpus.[1] [2]
References
- COF — community transcriptions of the Curso Online de Filosofia (585 lectures) — Community transcription repository (upstream declares CC0 for the transcription work; the lectures remain the estate's)
- COF em Áudio — lecture audio collection — Internet Archive (community upload)
- José Ortega y Gasset — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- José Ortega y Gasset — Encyclopaedia Britannica