This morning I read an interesting story about Miguel de Unamuno in an excellent essay by Unbekoming: “Long Live Death.” Here’s the first paragraph:
In 1936, at the University of Salamanca, the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno rose to answer a general who had just shouted his favourite motto: Viva la muerte! — Long live death. Unamuno called the cry “necrophilous and senseless.” He told the general he could win but never convince, because convincing requires what he lacked: reason and right. The general’s soldiers controlled the room. Unamuno was placed under house arrest and dead within months.1
Excellent essay.
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Whoever sets out to impose a certain faith on someone else by the sword is seeking first to convince himself.
— Miguel de Unamuno2
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- Unbekoming, "Long Live Death," Lies are Unbekoming, May 1, 2026, Source
- Unamuno, Miguel de, The Agony of Christianity and Essays on Faith translated by Anthony Kerrigan, Bollingen Series LXXXV 5, Princeton University Press, 1974. p. 49.
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