This article examines the status of one of the oldest plaster cast collections at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas (School of Fine Arts) at the University of Costa Rica.  This plaster cast gallery dates from 1897 and the ...

Se reconoce la extensa y valiosa carrera del artista.

El presente trabajo intenta explicar las grandes líneas del pensamiento de Nicolás Maquiavelo, con el fin de establecer su pensamiento amoral y como a través de categorías de análisis intenta  explicar su pensamiento ...

The first human settlements took place in the river banks such as the Euphrates, Tigris and Nile. Because of their fertility, those lands became the cradle of cultures that left an important legacy for the development of ...

This paper addresses the philosophical and historical contexts of early twentieth-century Europe, particularly Germany, in order to better understand the life, work and thought of Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the ...

Este ensayo aborda la historia reciente del delicado tema de la autonomía universitaria y los atentados que ha sufrido este principio constitucional en los últimos años.

Desde el punto de vista de la ética de virtudes, el presente ensayo compara los filósofos-reyes de Platón con el príncipe de Maquiavelo. Primeramente, se define la ética de virtudes; seguidamente, se explica la manera en ...

This reflection includes part of my methodological experience used in my teaching position at the University of Costa Rica. We intend to demonstrate how dramatic pedagogical processes contribute to foster thoughtfulness, ...

Contemporary art calls for explanation and this requirement is much in vogue today, to the point of excess.  On the one hand, there are some interpretations where it is extremely difficult to find the connection between ...

This paper studies the figure of the hero in Uriel Quesada’s novel, El gato de sí mismo. The main character of this Costa Rican novel is presented as a new variant of both the “dreamer” and the “underground man”. These two ...