Summary
Miguel de Unamuno: The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho
Commentary on Cervantes' Quixote
The desire for fame and fame represents the intimate spirit of quixoticism, its essence and its reason for existence, but if he does not achieve fame and fame by defeating villains and correcting wrongs and injustices, then he does so by singing in the moonlight and living as a shepherd. It is actually about perpetuating the name not only in the present age but also in future ages, to live in the memory of people. It's about not dying! Not to die! Don't die! This is the final and last reason, the reason of quixotic madness. Desire for life, desire for eternal life - she gave you immortal life, my senor, Don Quixote; the dream of your life was and is the dream of not dying. (...)
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