Liangqi Wang
El presente ensayo pretende abordar el problema filosófico del amor en el pensamiento de Antonio Machado. Abordamos este problema a partir del análisis de los escritos machadianos, tanto su poesía como las prosas, particularmente de los dos apócrifos, Abel Martín y Juan de Mairena. Nuestros objetivos son lograr entender el erotismo machadiano y basado en las diferencias de la doctrina platónica. Consideramos que el planteamiento de Platón se vincula principalmente con su teoría de la Belleza y la inteligencia. Sin embargo, los conceptos asociados con el amor de Machado tienen el carácter y el origen de oponer al subjetivismo y al racionalismo. Machado ha desarrollado la idea del amor por boca de sus dos apócrifos, la que compone uno de los elementos decisivos para comprender sus aportaciones filosóficas.
This essay aims to approach the philosophical problem of love in the thought of Antonio Machado. This problem is studied through an analysis of Machado’s writings, including both his poetry and prose, and particularly the two fictitious characters he created, Abel Martín and Juan de Mairena. The goals are to understand Machado’s eroticism and its differences from Platonic doctrine. Plato’s approach is mainly associated with his theory of Beauty and intelligence. However, Machado’s concepts related to love have the character and origin of opposing subjectivism and rationalism. Machado has developed the idea of love through his two apocrypha, which are one of the decisive elements in understanding his philosophical contributions.