Lecturas contra el fanatismo. Los libros de Jovellanos y el aprendizaje de la prudencia
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Jovellanos es, para muchos historiadores,
el símbolo más válido de la
Ilustración española. También fue en su
momento, para buena parte de la opinión
pública revolucionaria, la víctima más conocida
de ese espíritu de fanatismo español,
de larga duración, encarnado entonces
por la monarquía absoluta de Carlos IV. Sin
compartir por entero los principios ideológicos
de la tolerancia, pues no participó
de su relativismo filosófico ni en política ni
en religión, Jovellanos fue un gran tolerante
en actitudes y conductas y su actividad pública
se nutrió de prudencia y reformismo
tranquilo. Este trabajo estudia los libros y
lecturas en los que Jovellanos aprendió a
usar los conceptos propios de la prudencia
y de donde extrajo algunos de sus modelos
de comportamiento. Para ello se analiza
el contenido de su biblioteca, tal como era
en 1778, y se revisan las obras, presentes en ella, en que fueron tomando forma las
ideas de moderación y concordia desde el
Humanismo hasta la Ilustración. También
se examinan las lecturas que el propio Jovellanos
declara ir haciendo a lo largo de
los años, a fin de identificar la procedencia
intelectual de su práctica de la tolerancia.
Jovellanos is, for many historians, the most valid symbol of the Spanish Enlightenment. He was also at the time, for a large part of the revolutionary public opinion, the best-known victim of that long-lasting spirit of Spanish fanaticism, then embodied by the absolute monarchy of Carlos IV. Without fully sharing the ideological principles of tolerance, as he did not participate in philosophical relativism in politics or religion, Jovellanos was largely tolerant in attitudes and behaviors and his public activity was nourished by good judgement and calm reformism. This work studies the books and readings in which Jovellanos learned to use the concepts of good judgement and from where he extracted some of his behavioral models. For this, the content of his library is analyzed, as it was in 1778, and the works present in it are reviewed, in which the ideas of moderation and harmony were taking shape from Humanism to the Enlightenment. The readings that Jovellanos himself declares to be doing over the years are also examined, in order to identify the intellectual origin of his practice of tolerance.
Jovellanos is, for many historians, the most valid symbol of the Spanish Enlightenment. He was also at the time, for a large part of the revolutionary public opinion, the best-known victim of that long-lasting spirit of Spanish fanaticism, then embodied by the absolute monarchy of Carlos IV. Without fully sharing the ideological principles of tolerance, as he did not participate in philosophical relativism in politics or religion, Jovellanos was largely tolerant in attitudes and behaviors and his public activity was nourished by good judgement and calm reformism. This work studies the books and readings in which Jovellanos learned to use the concepts of good judgement and from where he extracted some of his behavioral models. For this, the content of his library is analyzed, as it was in 1778, and the works present in it are reviewed, in which the ideas of moderation and harmony were taking shape from Humanism to the Enlightenment. The readings that Jovellanos himself declares to be doing over the years are also examined, in order to identify the intellectual origin of his practice of tolerance.
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Lara Ródenas, M. J. (2022). Lecturas contra el fanatismo. Los libros de Jovellanos y el aprendizaje de la prudencia. Alabe Revista De Investigación Sobre Lectura Y Escritura, (26). https://doi.org/10.25115/alabe26.8327











