Beginning, principles, optimism

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Jiménez García

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.660

Keywords:

Leibniz, Ortega y Gasset, optimism, possibilities, principle of the best, continuity law, rationalism

Abstract

The subject of this article is to show the assumptions or principles of the famous Leibniz¢s optimism. These principles are very importans into Ortega¢s philosophy; so he has contributed to clear them with more shrewdness than others. In particular, we deal with the principle of that not all possibles will exist or will become, about the principle of the best, and over all, the continuity law, that plays a fundamental role, paradoxical at once, in the optimism and rationalism, for they both Leibniz and Ortega.

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Author Biography

Juan Carlos Jiménez García

Professor of Philosophy at a secondary school (I. E. S.), he is currently working on a doctoral dissertation on the structure of principles in Leibniz. He has written articles such as “The Principle of Sufficient Reason: Leibniz versus Schelling” (2000) and “The Principle of Sufficient Reason or the Principles of Sufficient Reason?” (2000), and “Leibniz’s Principle of the Best or the Origin of So-Called ‘Rationalist Optimism’” (2000).

Published

2005-05-01 — Updated on 2005-05-01

How to Cite

Jiménez García, J. C. (2005). Beginning, principles, optimism. Revista De Estudios Orteguianos (Journal of Orteguian Studies), (10/11), 197–218. https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.660

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