Plato and José Ortega y Gasset: Poetry and Truth

Authors

  • Stelios Karayannis Universidad Abierta de Grecia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.564

Keywords:

Ortega y Gasset, Plato, Poetry, Philosophy, Truth, Inspiration, Circumstances, Metaphor

Abstract

Since Plato until Ortega y Gasset, the genius behind the poet is always the same one and has an identical purpose: bringing the dynamics of everyday speech to the limits, until the poetry and the poetic truth of the word that is also the truth of all philosophy of life. According with both thinkers the philosopher expresses truths by means of the thought, whereas the poet expresses his poetic truth without thinking or resorting to arguments since he is alienated because of the divine inspiration.

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Author Biography

Stelios Karayannis, Universidad Abierta de Grecia

Born on the island of Pythagoras (Samos), he studied engineering and education at the University of Athens and holds a Ph.D. in Modern Philosophy from the University of Ioannina in Greece and a Ph.D. in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the University of Granada. He is a professor of Spanish, medieval, and contemporary literature at the Open University of Greece. He has been awarded the Nvrettakos Poetry Prize by the City of Athens and has published his poems in several languages. Furthermore, he is a founding member of the Association of Greek Hispanists, the Hellenic Association of Greek Writers, and the PEN Club. He is the author of The Crisis of Modernity: Culture, Technology, and Historical Reason in José Ortega y Gasset and The Escape of Daedalus: Theory and Poetic Uses of Metaphor in José Ortega y Gasset, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Yorgos Seferis.

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Published

2008-05-01 — Updated on 2008-05-01

How to Cite

Karayannis, S. (2008). Plato and José Ortega y Gasset: Poetry and Truth. Revista De Estudios Orteguianos (Journal of Orteguian Studies), (16/17), 121–137. https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.564

Issue

No. 16/17 (2008)

Section

Articles