Arbor : ciencia, pensamiento, cultura
http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/
The journal 'Arbor' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed publication by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The scope is vast, encompassing several disciplines in the humanities from philosophy of science to literary studies. Although the publication is entirely academic, the reason to cover such a variety of disciplines is due to the social function which the editors aim for by opening up debates in all these areas. Published six times a year, each issue is a monograph on a specific topic, such as for example: science and culture on the Internet; Republican exile in Latin America; Spanish thought; sociology of knowledge; and the relationship between literature and philosophy. The digital repository of ejournals of the CSIC grants open access to all full-text contents since 2006. The website can be navigated in English or Spanish, but the main language of the publication is Spanish. Contributions in French and Portuguese are also accepted.
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Ars Brevis
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/ArsBrevis
The Catalan journal 'Ars Brevis' is dedicated to philosophical, anthropological and ethical studies from an interdisciplinary approach. The resource will be of interest to all those who approach philosophy and critical theory from a social and historical standpoint, yet the user should note most articles are published in Catalan. However, although the main language of the journal is Catalan, there are also a few articles in English and Spanish. The digital repository of Open-Access Catalan Journals (RACO) has made available the digital version of the journal, which was first published in 1995. At the time of review, all full-text articles can be accessed here up until 2007. Some topics covered by the journal have been: authority with ambiguity in Kierkegaard and Unamuno's authorship; a phenomenology of 'social facts'; philosophy and religion in German idealism; and African critical philosophy.
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Asociación de hispanismo filosófico
http://www.ahf-filosofia.es/
The website for the 'Asociación de Hispanismo Filosófico' provides detailed information about this scholarly association, devoted to Spanish and Latin American philosophy and founded in 1988, as well as a number of other resources useful for research in this field. Users will find the full-text of early volumes of the Association's peer reviewed journal, and tables of contents for more recent volumes. The journal features articles, book reviews, summaries of doctoral theses and news of forthcoming events. Of interest also will be the listings of new publications within the field of Hispanic philosophy: each publication is accompanied by full bibliographical details and an abstract. The site's 'virtual library' offers articles on a wide range of topics, such as: an interview with the Spanish scholar Raúl Fornet; the existence of Mexican philosophy; and the relationship between philosophy, education, and interculturality. There is an up-to-date section devoted to listing details of current and forthcoming Association activities, and a useful list of links to related online resources was also available. All in all, this is an valuable resource for those interested in Spanish and Latin American philosophy both as a means of keeping in touch with the community and of accessing recent research.
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Augsburg web edition of Llull's electoral writings
http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/stochastik/llull/
The website "The Augsburg Web Edition Llull's Electoral Writings" is an online database of facsimiles, transcriptions, and translations of Raymond Llull's (1232-1316) three writings on electoral systems: Artifitium electionis personarum (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod.Vat.lat.9332); En qual manera Natana fo eleta a abadessa (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cod.Hisp.67); De arte eleccionis (Sankt Nikolaus-Hospital / Cusanusstift Papers Cod.Cus.83). Each text is presented in three formats present in frames on the same screen: a digital black and white image of the original, a transcription, and translations in either English, German, Catalan and French. Selecting words from either frame highlights its correspondent sequence in all versions of the text. Papers and related articles on these texts are also available in full-text format (PDF or .html) on this website, as well as links to other relevant online resources, including the research paper presented by the three authors of this edition in the journal 'Le médiéviste et l'ordinateur'.
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Baltasar Gracián
http://www.uv.es/BaltasarGracian/
The Spanish scholar Elena Cantarino has made available a website devoted to the Spanish Jesuit philosopher and writer, Baltasar Gracián (1601-58), perhaps best known for his allegorical novel 'El criticón'. The site aims to be a point of contact for those interested in the work of Gracián by providing information about related events, publications, and research projects. The site was in need of updating at the time of cataloguing but still contained a number of resources of use to Gracián scholars, including bibliographies of secondary studies and a list of fairly recent completed doctoral theses. The full-text of a number of scholarly articles were also available on this site, analysing, for example, the presence of Gracián in Walter Benjamin's work. Other features of the site include a list of scholars working on Gracián; links to related online Spanish Golden Age resources; and links to sites where Gracián's works may be purchased. This site is limited in content but may serve scholars both as a bibliographic tool and a means of contacting others working on Gracián.
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Biblioteca digital : Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
http://www.bduimp.es/
The Digital Library of the Menéndez Pelayo International University (BDUIMP) is an online repository that includes conferences, speeches, and seminars that have taken place at this institution during the last 75 years. At the time of cataloguing, the database was being updated with images, digitised versions of seminar papers, video and audio files related with academic events organised by the university, such as its well-known summer courses. The virtual library includes documents and resources for all academic disciplines, from natural sciences to the humanities. Users may search for relevant contents, or browse the catalogue for each of the disciplines. It is possible to find electronic versions of some interesting conferences, although these are available in Spanish only. Some examples are: 'Golden Age and contemporary literature"; "The State in Spanish history"; "Spanish Literary Surrealism"; and "Philosophy and Sexuality". Although the amount of resources for the humanities is still not very impressive, this is an ongoing project which nonetheless provides excellent quality materials.
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Biblioteca virtual Saavedra Fajardo
http://saavedrafajardo.um.es/
The virtual library Saavedra Fajardo is a project by the University of Murcia (Spain) in collaboration with international groups of researchers, and financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. The library main focus is Hispanic intellectual history, and in particular political works and thinkers who write in Spanish. The vast amount of resources include: electronic versions of books; a bio-bibliographic catalogue; lists of contents of journals dedicated to political theory and intellectual history; and more. The core of the site is the electronic library, containing a high number of works from all periods of Spanish history: Visigothic domination; Medieval kingdoms; Hispanic Monarchy; Liberal period; Restoration; Second Republic; and Francoism. Works can be browsed by author; title; or period. Extremely useful for researchers is the possibility of viewing the full-scanned version of a particular book, or alternatively an extensive bibliographic record including a list of contents. The 'Centro de Documentación' is a bio-bibliographic database in which users may access information about Spanish thinkers from all periods, as well as bibliographies of secondary literature. In addition to a section of useful links, there is an active forum in which collaboration takes place in the form of short articles. All in all, this is a very impressive resource for historians of Spanish philosophy and/or political thought.
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Catoblepas : revista crítica del presente
http://www.nodulo.org/ec/
El Catoblepas (ISSN 1579-3974) is a peer reviewed monthly electronic journal that is concerned with contemporary cultural and area studies in general, but with particular emphasis on issues within the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world. The journal's scope is broad, publishing articles on philosophy (the journal's main focus); literary and film criticism; politics; language; and television and the media. Users will find articles on, for example, the Spanish language in the US; social interpretations of Don Quixote; liberalism, war and terrorism in Colombia; and foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War. Additionally, the journal publishes articles from broader, more comparative perspectives, with particular interest in materialist philosophical approaches to culture and politics. Free subscription is available. The site makes use of frames.
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Centro de investigación y estudios republicanos (CIERE)
http://www.ciere.org/
The 'Centre of Republican Studies and Research' is an independent research institute established in 1985 in Madrid (Spain) to promote studies grounded in humanist and democratic values. The main intellectual background of the centre is the values and cultural heritage of the Spanish Second Republic (1931-9), and it promotes events and studies which focus on any area of political thought and history, although they tend to be mainly about Spain. In addition to the catalogue of resources physically available in the centre's library, the site offers news and information about publications, including the journal 'Cuadernos Republicanos'. The full contents of current and past issues since 2002 can be accessed online for free (lists of contents are provided for issues published between 1993 and 2002). Some examples of articles published here include: 'María Zambrano and the Second Republic'; 'History of the Spanish Republicanism and Federalism of the 19th century'; and 'The peril of Spanish militarism and the need of its death'. Users may also become members of the centre by filling in an online form, although this requires a membership fee. The site will be of interest to any researcher of Spanish political history and/or intellectual history.
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Destiempos.com : revista de curiosidad cultural
http://www.destiempos.com/
'Destiempos.com' is a peer-reviewed bimonthly ejournal from the Autonomous National University of Mexico, dedicated to the study of Latin American and Spanish culture, narrative and poetry. It was first published in 2006, and the website gives full-text access to all current and back numbers. The journal publishes articles, book reviews, interviews and literary texts by contemporary authors. Some issues further feature collective dossiers dedicated to specific themes, including: women's literature; popular cultures; the indigenous world from a contemporary perspective; and the Argentinian dictatorship 32 years after the coup d'état. Some examples of articles published by this journal are: 'Some notes on the relationship between the Jesuits and the independence of Mexico'; 'Julio Cortázar 25 years after'; and 'What does popular mean in Miguel Delibes's discourse'.
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Estudios y recursos literarios
http://jaserrano.nom.es/
'Estudios y recursos literarios' is an excellent website offering valuable and detailed introductions to some of Spain's greatest writers and their works. The site is divided into six sections, each focusing on a particular writer. These are: Miguel de Unamuno, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Miguel Hernández, and Juan Ruiz (author of the 'Libro de Buen Amor'). Each section contains a detailed study of the writers, their cultural and historical contexts (such as the crisis of 1898), their philosophies and approaches to writing, salient themes in their work, some degree of textual analysis, and secondary bibliography. A number of primary texts by certain writers are available. In addition, there is an extremely useful and lucid section explaining textual commentary, which will be invaluable for students, and for their tutors. This site is highly recommended as an introduction to these late 19th and early 20th century Spanish writers, and to the classic text from the 14th/15th century by Ruiz. By directing their students to this site, tutors will be able to ensure that the students are well-versed in the crucial details of those writers who tend to form the core to most Hispanic studies courses.
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Fundación Gustavo Bueno
http://www.fgbueno.es/
The 'Gustavo Bueno Foundation' is a Spanish non-profit organisation for the promotion of philosophical thought, and its connection with other cultural disciplines, science and technology. The website of the foundation offers comprehensive information about the Spanish philosopher Gustavo Bueno (1927-). Apart from an extensive bibliography, there are available video and audio files with lessons, conferences, interviews, and public responses by Bueno. The full-text of some of his journal articles, as well as other interesting materials have been made available for online reading. However, despite its name, the Foundation equally contributes in the organisation of conferences, and publishes its own materials, among which it stands out the peer-reviewed journal 'El Basilisco'. This publication was founded in 1978, and it has been a referent of Spanish thought since then. All indexes can be accessed on the site, although only some articles can be accessed full-text.
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Fundación Juan March, Madrid : arte, museos, cultura, exposiciones, música...
http://www.march.es/
The Juan March Foundation is a well-established cultural institution in Madrid, which organises exhibitions, conferences, and concerts. It also hosts the Centre of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (CEACS). Apart from an agenda and information about all the events the Foundation organises, those who cannot physically attend any of these events may find useful the podcasts available. Furthermore, the site offers a very impressive archive of downloadable audio files with all conferences, seminars and inaugural speeches since 1975. Users may freely browse all these, but given the vast amount of audio files available, they are also conveniently organised by seminar series, and topics. Text searches may also be performed. In addition to this, there is information about the Foundation's library and archives. There is the possibility of consulting the full catalogue of important collections at the Foundation, including: Spanish Library of Contemporary Music and Theatre; Library of Ilusionism; and the Julio Cortázar library. The latter contains more than 4,300 books and magazines about the Argentinian author, as donated by his widow Aurora Bernárdez in 1993. A list of the publications promoted by the Foundation, and an Arts Shop are also available on the site. Although the website of the Juan March Foundation is not aimed at any particular audience, anyone interested in Spanish and Latin American culture, music and society will find very interesting materials here.
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Historia de la filosofia en Kalipedia.com
http://www.kalipedia.com/filosofia/
The Spanish online encyclopaedia, Kalipedia, offers in its website a dedicated section to the history of philosophy. It covers all aspects of Western thought from the Presocratics to the present time. The resource is presented as a series of short articles, organised in five different periods: from Presocratics to Hellenism; from Medieval Ages to Renaissance; from Scientific Revolution to modern philosophy; Enlightenment and 19th century; and 20th century. The site will be specially valuable for anyone interested in Spanish intellectual history during the 19th and 20th century. Users will find articles covering topics and authors within this area, including: Krausism in Spain; Miguel de Unamuno; Ortega y Gasset; and Spanish philosophy in exile. Articles are very short and limited in content, yet they will be useful for those wanting to have a general overview of a period or author, and for quick reference. Users should note the encyclopaedia is available in Spanish only.
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Instituto Brasileiro de filosofia e ciência Raimundo Lulio (Ramon Llull)
http://www.ramonllull.net/
A wide variety of historical and bibliographic resources is available from the 'Instituto Brasileiro de Filosofia e Ciência Raimundo Lúlio' on Ramon Llull (1232-1316), one of the most famous medieval scientists. Theologically, Ramon Llull was known for his dramatic visions of Christ, which lead to his conversion to Christianity and his resulting works on Christian doctrine and missions. However, in recent years, he has been the particular focus of researchers interested in the development of natural philosophy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Likewise, the site underlines the figure of Llull as an inspiring figure for cross-religious dialogues. The vast majority of resources are found under the Studies on Ramon Llull link. From here, one can access data on the chronology of his life and details about his travels. For those looking to expand the frontiers of Llull research, there is a helpful directory of critical editions in both Latin and Catalan; as well as details of theses published in Brazil and a catalogue of pseudo-Llull works on alchemy. The Institute has also collected a series of electronic articles in Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish and English. A number of free ebooks are available, as well as a catalogue of publications which can be purchased on site. Users of these pages should note that while the site can be navigated in English, many of the documents themselves are available only in Portuguese.
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Krausismo español e iberoamericano
http://www.ensayistas.org/critica/generales/krausismo/
Krausism was a pedagogical and philosophical movement which had a great influence in the culture of Spain and Latin America during the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The website 'Spanish and Latin American Krausism' by the University lecturer José Luis Gómez-Martínez acts as an introduction to the most important aspects of this doctrine. It includes a bibliography and an useful historical chronology of philosophical and literary events related with Krausism. Additionally, the site offers comprehensive information about key figures and full-text scholarly texts, including: 'Spanish Krausism'; 'Galdós and Spanish krausism'; and 'Krausism and Latin America'. Primary texts by key figures may also be accessed on the site. These include texts by: Francisco Giner de los Ríos; Leopoldo Alas (Clarín); and Julián Sanz del Río. Although the site doesn't seem to be regularly updated, it offers a healthy number of resources to understand this crucial movement in the history of Spanish and Latin American literature and thought.
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Lalupe.com : círculo internacional de literatura vanguardista
http://www.lalupe.com/
'La Lupe' is a portal dedicated to new and established avant-garde and postmodern authors, thinkers and poets writing in Spanish and Catalan. Access to the site is free, although some services like newsletters are granted only through free subscription. However, most of the works can be accessed without subscribing to the site, and some of them can be downloaded as .pdf files too. Authors have the option of paying to publish their texts and publicise their work and, as a result, researchers and students of Latin American, Spanish and Catalan literature and thought will find this site useful for the amount of materials provided. Users have the option of browsing for works, authors, and videos; or alternatively visit one of the many reading rooms, including: urban art; biography, criticism, and history; classic, and romantic; dialogues; essay and philosophy; Gothic, baroque and medieval; postmodern narrative and poetry.
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Liceus.com : el portal de las humanidades
http://www.liceus.com/
'Liceus.com' is a gateway to the Spanish humanities by a publishing house in Madrid. The website acts as a meeting point between researchers and students from a wide range of disciplines within the Humanities. Users can publish their own work, which is then organised in the following categories: poetry; short stories; digital books; and research work. The latter includes PhD dissertations; unpublished work; and translations of academic materials. In addition to this, the researcher will find plenty of information about new publications in literary criticism, an up-to-date agenda of cultural events taking place in Spain, and a comprehensive list of links related to Humanities studies in Latin America and Spain. The site's virtual library holds a large number of academic articles in a wide range of academic disciplines from History to Latin American Literature, Music to Philosophy. However, this is not a free service and a small fee should be paid for each download. Informative cultural guides to Spanish regions, cities and their history, as well as information about online courses, and the catalogue of publications by this publishing house are also provided.
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/mmenendezpelayo/
The website for the Spanish scholar Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856-1912) by the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes offers key information; electronic resources; and digital downloadable versions of primary and secondary texts. Along with a chronology and a biography, there is available a vast number of his works, including: 'History of Aesthetic Ideas in Spain'; 'History of Spanish Heterodox Thinkers'; and many of his studies in the history of Spanish literature. There is also a section with secondary literature on Menéndez y Pelayo. Other resources are: a catalogue of images; a list of related links; and sound files of readings of a selection of letters he exchanged with J. M. de Pereda. For the amount of material available, this site is invaluable for anyone interested in this influential, if somewhat controversial, figure of Spanish intellectual history.
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Meditaciones : portal de filosofía práctica
http://www.meditaciones.org/
The website 'Meditaciones' (Meditations) acts as an internet portal which brings together an important number of resources about the Spanish philosopher and intellectual José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1956). On the site there is a library of some of the most important works by Ortega, including: 'Meditaciones del Quijote'; 'El tema de nuestro tiempo'; and 'España invertebrada'. Some of these are available in Portuguese and English, for example 'The Revolt of the Masses'. Also available are a series of articles about the 'raciovitalismo' of Ortega y Gasset. These can be very useful to understand key issues in the Spanish philosopher's thought. The site also provides a comprehensive list of Internet links and online bibliographies about the man, his work and his time. As Ortega is sometimes compared with humanist and anti-humanist philosophies of the 20th century, it may be useful to view the section dedicated to clarify this. This site offers neither an overview of the work of Ortega y Gasset, nor a biography, but rather brings together a series of resources for those interested in the Spanish philosopher.
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Nueva revista de política, cultura y arte
http://www.nuevarevista.net/
The website, 'Nueva Revista', is the electronic version of this bimonthly political, literary and cultural magazine, published since 1993. Unfortunately, the site does not publish full-text issues, but it offers electronic versions of a substantial selection of articles which have appeared previously in print, and lists of contents for all past issues (organised by author, topic, and date of publication). The print publication is structured around themes such as: thought; politics; history; science; plastic arts; and theatre. Users are able to read articles on these themes which take the Spanish-speaking world as their main (but not only) focus. Articles examine such areas as: the new Spanish demography; the construction of national identity in Mexico; the philosophical work of Eugenio Trías and Fernando Savater; the challenges facing post-transition, 21st century Spain; Spain's entry into the digital information age; and elections in the Basque country. With a far-reaching scope and detailed consideration of pertinent issues, this publication will be of interest to those working on contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture and politics in particular.
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Ortega y Gasset - razón vital
http://www.e-torredebabel.com/OrtegayGasset/OrtegayGasset.htm
'Razón Vital' is a Spanish website dedicated to the Spanish philosopher and essayist José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1956), founder of the 'Revista de Occidente', and author of 'La Rebelión de las Masas' or 'The Revolt of the Masses' (1929). On the site, users will find a fairly up-to-date full, searchable bibliography of publications in Spanish on the life and works of Ortega; studies on Ortega's ideas on psychology; and Spanish doctoral theses on Ortega, as well as a complete bibliography of the philosopher's works. The site offers a good introduction to and overview of Ortega's thought, and a collection of full-text articles on, and reviews of, his work and international secondary criticism. Also featured on the site is an image gallery of photographs and sketches of the philosopher; his genealogy; a small collection of recordings of Ortega reading from his work, together with transcriptions; and related news such as new editions of Revista de Estudios Ortequianos and forthcoming conferences. All in all, this is an excellent online resource for students beginning work on Ortega, or for researchers as a reference tool and means of keeping up-to-date with scholarship in the field.
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Proyecto ensayo Hispánico
http://www.ensayistas.org/
The Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico website is designed to assist in the teaching of the Hispanic Essay by providing an anthology and archive of Hispanic essayists, Hispanic essays and relevant theory and criticism. The first section, the Archive of Essayists, includes information about Hispanic essayists and philosophers which is also browseable by country. The archive contains introductory and scholarly studies of the essayists, including, for example, Ariel Dorfman, Octavio Paz, José Ortega y Gasset and Rosario Ferré, and is structured both alphabetically and by country. Within each record, a short introduction to the essayist is given followed by a bibliography of the author and about the author. Where possible, it is followed by an anthology, or selection of their work. The second section of the website, the Anthology of Hispanic Essay, includes essays written by the most influential of the essayists (dating back to the 14th Century). These are available in full text. Unfortunately, due to copyright regulations, there are more essays from pre-1950. The third section, Theory and Criticism, provides a thematic bibliography of critical studies in the field of the Hispanic Essay. This includes the history of Latin American thought, studies on the theory of the essay, theory by country and also theory divided by subject. This website provides an exhaustive record of the study of Hispanic Essay, and the full text and cross references make this invaluable for any researcher or student in the area. This is an excellent and highly recommended site for students and researchers within Hispanic and Latin American Studies, offering ground-breaking, comprehensive access to the development of Hispanic thought via the essay. The project encourages academics who are specialists on a particular essayist / philosopher to contribute to the website.
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Proyecto filosofía en español
http://www.filosofia.org/
The 'Proyecto Filosofía en Español' is a vast and immensely valuable Web resource devoted to philosophy in the Spanish-speaking world, and the work of Hispanic philosophers. It aims to be the foremost reference source for all those seeking information and documentation on philosophy in the Spanish language. The site comprises a number of substantial sub-sections. Its main project is to create a database of electronic philosophical texts by authors including: Benito Jerónimo Feijoo; Antonio de Guevara; and many more. The site produces a bulletin containing information related to the field, such as conferences, seminars, courses, prizes and publications: the user may subscribe for free to receive this. Under 'Monográficos', the site makes available in digital form various essays and articles related to philosophical approaches to topical issues, political and social science, legal and political documentation, and theoretical explorations of, for example, materialism and krausism. A selection of Hispanic philosophers are granted extended studies, and extracts of interest from particular philosophical dictionaries and encyclopaedias, such as an entry on José Ortega y Gasset, are available in digital form. The site also features its own good philosophical dictionary where broadly-used terminology is defined. This site is an excellent resource, offering a wealth of material, for all those interested in philosophy in Spanish, from theoretical, historical and practical perspectives.
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Raimundo Lulio
http://www.ramonllull.net/sw_studies/l_en/home.php
The Brazilian Institute of Philosophy and Science Ramon Llull has made available a fair number of resources on the Majorcan philosopher and mystic. Author of over 250 works in Catalan, Arabic, and Latin, Lull devoted much of his life to converting the Saracens to Christianity through a unification of theology and philosophy. His most important work is the 'Ars Magna', which involved a mechanical logic machine. The front page of the site is available in English, German, or Catalan, but most of the actual content is in either Catalan or Portuguese. There is a biography and chronology of Lull's life, along with a map of his last voyage. Another section details the current state of research into Lull and the progress towards compiling a complete critical edition (in Latin and Catalan). There are links to a good number of primary and secondary texts. A catalogue is provided of the alchemical works of the Pseudo-Lull (there has been a long tradition of crediting Lull with an extensive body of occult works on alchemy). Links are provided to other sites that may be of interest to scholars studying Lull.
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