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En este libro el autor aborda temas tan esenciales como la alegría del corazón, la veracidad, el dar y aceptar, la libertad, el alma, la acción responsable o la oración.
189 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2001
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Romano Guardini
384 books170 followersRomano Guardini was a Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in the 20th century.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885. His family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he decided to become a priest. After studying Theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen, he was ordained in Mainz in 1910. He briefly worked in a pastoral position before returning to Freiburg to work on his doctorate in Theology under Engelbert Krebs. He received his doctorate in 1915 for a dissertation on Bonaventure. He completed his “Habilitation” in Dogmatic Theology at the University of Bonn in 1922, again with a dissertation on Bonaventure. Throughout this period he also worked as a chaplain to the Catholic youth movement.
In 1923 he was appointed to a chair in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Berlin. In the 1935 essay “Der Heiland” (The Saviour) he criticized Nazi mythologizing of the person of Jesus and emphasized the Jewishness of Jesus. The Nazis forced him to resign from his Berlin position in 1939. From 1943 to 1945 he retired to Mooshausen, where his friend Josef Weiger had been parish priest since 1917.
In 1945 Guardini was appointed professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and resumed lecturing on the Philosophy of Religion. In 1948, he became professor at the University of Munich, where he remained until retiring for health reasons in 1962.
Guardini died in Munich on 1 October 1968. He was buried in the priests’ cemetery of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Munich. His estate was left to the Catholic Academy in Bavaria that he had co-founded.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885. His family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he decided to become a priest. After studying Theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen, he was ordained in Mainz in 1910. He briefly worked in a pastoral position before returning to Freiburg to work on his doctorate in Theology under Engelbert Krebs. He received his doctorate in 1915 for a dissertation on Bonaventure. He completed his “Habilitation” in Dogmatic Theology at the University of Bonn in 1922, again with a dissertation on Bonaventure. Throughout this period he also worked as a chaplain to the Catholic youth movement.
In 1923 he was appointed to a chair in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Berlin. In the 1935 essay “Der Heiland” (The Saviour) he criticized Nazi mythologizing of the person of Jesus and emphasized the Jewishness of Jesus. The Nazis forced him to resign from his Berlin position in 1939. From 1943 to 1945 he retired to Mooshausen, where his friend Josef Weiger had been parish priest since 1917.
In 1945 Guardini was appointed professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and resumed lecturing on the Philosophy of Religion. In 1948, he became professor at the University of Munich, where he remained until retiring for health reasons in 1962.
Guardini died in Munich on 1 October 1968. He was buried in the priests’ cemetery of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Munich. His estate was left to the Catholic Academy in Bavaria that he had co-founded.
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April 17, 2025
Diré de «Cartas sobre la formación de sí mismo» que es un libro atemporal, y que espero que se convierta en un clásico para las juventudes cristianas de la actualidad y del porvenir.
En estas cartas se reflejan las hondas disposiciones de una humanidad que se asume compleja, a menudo con tensiones contrarias, pero que encuentra la mejor forma de proceder en el equilibrio: silencio-palabra, soledad-comunidad, espera-acción, unidad-multiplicidad, interioridad-exterioridad... un enriquecimiento entre opuestos que hace de la respiración —el inspirar y el expirar— una metáfora de vida.
La oración, la alegría del corazón, la caballerosidad en el juego, el servicio y el obrar, la conquista de la verdadera libertad, el valor del sacrificio y del descanso que lo sucede... todo ello unido a un sentido místico y un compromiso cabal con los demás y con uno mismo, hacen de las reflexiones de Guardini una muestra bellísima del arte del buen vivir.
«Tres caminos llevan a la libertad: conocimiento, rigor consigo mismo y comunidad. "La verdad os hará libres", ha dicho el Señor. Estaremos tanto más metidos en la servidumbre cuanto menos sepamos que somos siervos. Cuando nos damos cuenta de que lo somos, ya ha irrumpido algo la libertad en nosotros». (p.119)
En estas cartas se reflejan las hondas disposiciones de una humanidad que se asume compleja, a menudo con tensiones contrarias, pero que encuentra la mejor forma de proceder en el equilibrio: silencio-palabra, soledad-comunidad, espera-acción, unidad-multiplicidad, interioridad-exterioridad... un enriquecimiento entre opuestos que hace de la respiración —el inspirar y el expirar— una metáfora de vida.
La oración, la alegría del corazón, la caballerosidad en el juego, el servicio y el obrar, la conquista de la verdadera libertad, el valor del sacrificio y del descanso que lo sucede... todo ello unido a un sentido místico y un compromiso cabal con los demás y con uno mismo, hacen de las reflexiones de Guardini una muestra bellísima del arte del buen vivir.
«Tres caminos llevan a la libertad: conocimiento, rigor consigo mismo y comunidad. "La verdad os hará libres", ha dicho el Señor. Estaremos tanto más metidos en la servidumbre cuanto menos sepamos que somos siervos. Cuando nos damos cuenta de que lo somos, ya ha irrumpido algo la libertad en nosotros». (p.119)
October 10, 2024
Aunque Guardini me gusta más como filósofo que para libros de teología y espiritualidad, la obra es buena y muchas de las cosas son perfectamente aplicables a la juventud y sociedad de hoy en día. Aunque se pueda caer en cierto moralismo si se sigue todo lo que se dice al pie de la letra, el transfondo de lo que en el libro se revela es muy bueno y nos abre los ojos frente a automatismos que tenemos muy arraigados en nuestro seno.
January 4, 2019
De lo mejorcito que uno puede encontrar para eso mismo. Atractivo, alegre, profundo, intemporal. Y aprendan autores: Guardini escribió estas cartas para los jóvenes de Quicborn, un movimiento católico alemán de entreguerras del que ya no queda ni rastro, y que sólo conocemos precisamente por estas cartas...
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