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- Identity: the
building blocks of
2. Literature
and philosophy
3. Art and
architecture
4. Performing
arts
5. Cinema
and fashion
6. Media and
communications
7. Food and drink 8. Living culture:
the details of
Francesc Pujols. A Catalan writer-cum-philosopher who imported Ramon Llull’s
ideas into the first half of the 20thcentury, convinced that the ‘truth’ of religion
would be found via scientific analysis. He was matey with both Antoni Gaudí and
Salvador Dalí.
Xavier Zubiri. The main man of Spanish philosophy in the second half of the
20 thcentury was a Christian Existentialist, influenced both by religious and
scientific philosophy to explore how man knows he’s actually real. Albert Einstein
was a friend.
Andrés Ortiz-Osés. Contemporary thinker often credited with introducing Spain
to Jungian theory, with its exploration of dreams and the subconscious.
Three other 20th century philosophers
