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Author's name: Jose Ortega y Gasset Publisher: Dar Al-Mada for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2017 Literary classification: Intellectual and literary study About the book: The subject of our time by Jose Ortega y Gasset ... Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955) completed his philosophical studies in Madrid where he obtained his doctorate in 1904, then expanded his studies in Germany at the universities of Leipzig, Berlin, and Marburg. He held the position of philosophy professor at the Central University, and practiced teaching until 1936. In 1923, he founded the magazine (Al-Gharb), which was the most important periodical publication and the most famous and reputable in Spain. In (The Subject of Our Time), Ortega deeply and clearly explained the metaphysics of "vital reason," as the different intellectual manifestations of this reason—necessity to glorify life, critique of rationality and philosophical relativism, the emergence of "vital reason" on the stage, and the radical reform of philosophy brought by phenomenology—are represented in this book with the author's usual skill and clarity, which he himself calls "the philosopher's tact." Manuel Granell, a specialist in Ortega y Gasset's work, attempted to immerse "the reader's mind into the author's mind," making him feel Ortega's purpose and motivation, so that the reading becomes more fruitful and clear.