Nicolás Gómez Dávila

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:associatedWith Catholicism
conservatism
traditionalism
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-05-18
gptkbp:deathDate 1994-05-17
gptkbp:genre philosophy
literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicolás Gómez Dávila
gptkbp:influenced Colombian_literature
philosophical_thought_in_Latin_America
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gustave_Flaubert
gptkb:Marcel_Proust
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:José_Ortega_y_Gasset
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
gptkbp:knownFor aphorisms
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:nationality Colombian
gptkbp:notableAlumni moral philosophy
importance of family
value of wisdom
philosophical skepticism
individualism vs collectivism
value of personal integrity
importance of history
value of solitude
critique of modernity
aestheticism
importance of dialogue
critique of consumerism
philosophical pessimism
critique of liberalism
value of community
anti-modernism
critique of relativism
critique of materialism
importance of culture
importance of cultural identity
value of art
role of religion in society
importance of self-knowledge
critique of democracy
value of tradition
critique of nihilism
importance of ethics
critique of globalization
critique of progressivism
critique of rationalism
critique of utopianism
importance of introspection
importance of personal experience
value of contemplation
value of philosophical inquiry
value of tradition in modern society
gptkbp:notableWork Escritos de un filósofo
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Bogotá, Colombia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Bogotá, Colombia
gptkbp:website http://www.nicolasgomezdavila.com