Filosofía para no filósofos

Philosophy for Non-Philosophers could be considered the philosophical testament of Antonio Escohotado, one of the most important Spanish thinkers since the time of Ortega y Gasset. As Escohotado himself reminds us: “Philosophers are, among other things, those who do not believe in ghosts or the devil. When we speak of the spirit of a people, or when we say that someone is a man of spirit (...) we designate as spirit a temperament and a way of understanding physics.” Throughout its pages, the author invites us to follow a journey through the most substantive aspects of Western knowledge throughout history, from the rites and legends of the most ancient societies to the last intellectuals of the 20th century, passing through all the Greek philosophical schools, so that we can understand human evolution and, in turn, engage in self-reflection. Like Hegel when he pointed out that "natural old age is weakness, but spiritual old age is its perfect maturity," Antonio Escohotado shows us and shares in this work the high degree of understanding of the history of knowledge that he achieved in his life.