Philosophical bases of Julián Marías’s anthropology

Abstract

Julián Marías is an extremely unknown Spanish author. He was one of the main disciples of José Ortega y Gasset. His liberty of thought and his critical capability, adorned with encyclopedic knowledge, hid him from popular spotlights and political whims. For this reason, as national shame, he never took any charge regarding public teaching. This article attempts to sketch the main lines of his thoughts. On orteguian fundaments, Marías was capable of creating his own philosophy. The base of it is the notion of person and its description as the center of reality