Luis Saavedra

Este trabajo expone resultados de un estudio sobre la influencia de las ideas contenidas en varias obras de Erasmo de Rotterdam en el Diálogo de Mercurio y Carón de Alfonso de Valdés. Se destacan elementos principales que sustancian dicha influencia, y algunas diferencias entre las ideas de ambos autores que muestran los aportes que Valdés construyó sobre el pensamiento de Erasmo.Palabras llave: Erasmo de Rotterdam; Elogio de la Locura; Alfonso de Valdés; diálogo de mercurio y carón; filosofía del renacimiento.This paper explains the results of a study on the influence of the ideas found in various works by Erasmus of Rotterdam’s on Alfonso de Valdés’ Diálogo de Mercurio y Carón. The main elements in which this influence is noticeable are outlined, and also some differences between both authors’ ideas that indicate how Valdés’ valuable contributions were built on Erasmus’ thoughts.Palabras llave: Erasmus of Rotterdam; Praise of Folly; Alfonso de Valdés; Diálogo de Mercurio y Carón; philosophy of the Renaissance.

In two parts of his work Introduction to Universal History, Ibn Khaldun studies those perceptions of supernatural character which some individuals possess. In respect to these, an essential notion to him is that of “Veil of the senses”. according to him –and to other previous authors of whom he takes this notion– sensitivity, which is usually a basic element in common human perception, is seen as an obstacle to supernatural perceptions, for these are not reached by the usual means of knowledge, but by what he conceives as particular revelations of the angelic world. This paper deals about that notion in the first part of his aforesaid work