Antonio Millán-Puelles

Spanish philosopher (1921-2005)

Antonio Millán-Puelles wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.

The record lists Antonio Millán-Puelles as Spanish philosopher (1921-2005).

Antonio Millán-Puelles was born at Alcalá de los Gazules in 1921. His recorded nationality is Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid.

Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.

His academic posts were held at Complutense University of Madrid.

Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.

The honours record reads: Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1968) and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (2001).

That the work was done from Spain matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

Antonio Millán-Puelles died in 2005, aged 84. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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