On the Presence of Kant in Miguel de Unamuno

The influence of Immanuel Kant's philosophy in the thought of Miguel de Unamuno was not very deep or substantial, but it affects the entire intellectual life of the Spanish philosopher. In the beginning of this article, the Author shows and analyses the rare quotes of Kant in the early manuscripts of Unamuno (before 1891) and the Kantian influence in the Unamunian early positivism. Then, the Author describes the trace of Kantianism in Unamuno's mature thought, especially in Del sentimiento tragico de la vida (1913). Here, having definitively rejected the early positivism, Unamuno presented his personal view of philosophy and life, which was in sharp opposition to Kant's transcendental standpoint. Despite this, Unamuno is likely to have somehow accepted Kant's standpoint and he may have turned the postulate of the immortality of the soul into his own view of apocatastasis.