María Zambrano spoke of "affiliation" to characterize the relationship of your thinking, to José Ortega y Gasset. This "affiliation" was, however, extremely problematic. Neither the "father" was recognized as such-rather, on the contrary, he criticized the initial orientation of the thought of his "disciple" - or "daughter" could be recognized as such by their teacher. Nevertheless, it can be described as exemplary role of "teacher" which served to Zambrano Ortega and all his generation. The intricacies of history and personal lives made ​​this voice and distant memory function is returned, but an unusual durability.

Zambrano Ortega said that "creating an area away full of confidence-and woke demanded it, in which it came, the intangible feeling of each person." "That is why dialogue with 'added she unfolded it with little effort, despite the differences." On rare occasions, she publicly showed these differences, these disagreements, philosophical and political, both deeply important. At the end of his life, made ​​a little more explicit in the books, and above all in the cards.

This critical edition aims to present all jobs María Zambrano -taps devoted to his master, unpublished manuscripts and letters from today she exist today, showing through alternative texts temporal modulation of a vision that was never static but was enriched by the contribution of new shades. These writings illuminate unsuspected intensity with an essential chapter in the history of Spanish thought and, dare we say, of European philosophy of the twentieth century.