Agostinho da Silva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Agostinho da Silva

Portuguese philosopher

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1906

Place of Birth: Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1994

Profession: writer, poet, philosopher

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (Portuguese pronunciation: [?gu?'ti?u d? 'si?v?]; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer.
His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation (like in Buddhism or Franciscanism), and a belief in freedom as the most important feature of man.
Anti-dogmatic, he asserts that truth is only found in the sum of all conflicting hypothesis (in paradox).
He may be considered a practical philosopher, living and working for a change in society, according to his beliefs.
He is part of a tradition of visionary thought that includes Father António Vieira and the poets Luís de Camões and Fernando Pessoa.
Like Joachim de Fiore, he speaks of the coming of one (last?) age in History, the Age of the Holy Spirit, in which mankind and society attain perfection.
To Agostinho da Silva, this means the absence of economy, brought about by technological evolution, and the absence of government.
It also means that the nature of mankind and the nature of God will become the same.
In this sense his philosophy is both an eschatology and an utopy.



Alternative names	Carlos Botelho
Description	Portuguese painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	1964	29 March 2014
Location of birth	Chaves, Portugal
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