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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

intellectuals

 "El grupo de intelectuales y amigos entusiastas que patrocina la idea del concurso..."


Lorca uses the word "intellectual" in this sense in 1922. It would be interesting to know how common this usage was, when it became a common word and concept in the Spanish language. We associate it with Zola and the Dreyfus affair. But did Unamuno, Ortega, etc... use this concept about themselves?   

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

I found the word several times in Unamuno's Sentimiento trágico de la vida (1913). Now I will look at Ortega.