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The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-reviewed Journal

Maria Zambrano

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La Poética Del Silencio Como Centro Gnóstico En María Zambrano Y José Ángel Valente, Marta Del Pozo Jun 2011

La Poética Del Silencio Como Centro Gnóstico En María Zambrano Y José Ángel Valente, Marta Del Pozo

The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-reviewed Journal

María Zambrano’s philosophy and José Ángel Valente’s poetics share a common language: silence. For both, silence emerges as the central locus of the paradox of the knowledge of the unknown. This article aims both at pointing out the gnostic function of silence as stated in their own writings as well as at establishing the connections between the endless ontological possibilities of Logos and silence.

“Para venir a lo que no sabes has de ir por donde no sabes”

[For one to arrive in the place of the unknown, one has to go through what one doesn't know]

San Juan de …