PHILOSOPHER

Miguel de Unamuno

1864 - 1936

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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (; Spanish: [miˈɣ̞el ð̞e̞ unaˈmuno i ˈxuɣ̞o]; 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel de Unamuno is the 213th most popular philosopher (up from 216th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Spain (down from 121st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Miguel de Unamuno is most famous for his novel "Niebla" in which he explores the idea of a man who is unable to find meaning in life.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Miguel de Unamuno ranks 213 out of 1,267. Before him are Alcmaeon of Croton, Moses Mendelssohn, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Georgi Plekhanov, Vasishtha, and Julia Kristeva. After him are Orosius, Baltasar Gracián, Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, Theano, and Muhammad Abduh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Miguel de Unamuno ranks 15. Before him are Maurice Leblanc, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Minkowski, Alfred Hermann Fried, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Frances Cleveland, Charles Cooley, Yun Chi-ho, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Heinrich Wölfflin. Among people deceased in 1936, Miguel de Unamuno ranks 18. Before him are Oswald Spengler, Ferdinand Tönnies, Grigory Zinoviev, Fuad I of Egypt, Charles Nicolle, and Eleftherios Venizelos. After him are Alexander Glazunov, G. K. Chesterton, Albert Fish, Ottorino Respighi, Louis Blériot, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel de Unamuno ranks 124 out of 3,355. Before him are Vincent Ferrer (1350), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Javier Solana (1942), Manuel Azaña (1880), José Echegaray (1832), and Antonio Banderas (1960). After him are Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Pablo Casals (1876), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), and Peter of Castile (1334).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Miguel de Unamuno ranks 7. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), Ibn Tufail (1110), and José Ortega y Gasset (1883). After him are Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Juan Luis Vives (1492).

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