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Luis de León

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Luis de León


Born
Belmonte, Cuenca
Died
August 23, 1591

Genre
Poetry, Christian Mysticism, Spirituality


A mother bore Luis Ponce de León in 1527.

Luis de León joined Ordo eremitarum sancti Augustini (eremitic order of Saint Augustine) as an Augustinian friar (fray in Spanish). This Spanish lyric poet, theologian, and academic acted during the golden age.

Luis de León together with Francisco de Aldana, Alonso de Ercilla, Fernando de Herrera and Saint John of the Cross ranked as the most important poets of the second phase of the Renaissance in Spain. The desire of the soul to get away from everything earthly to achieve promises, identified with peace and knowledge, of God inspired his work, part of the ascetic literature of the second half of the 16th century. Moral and ascetic themes dominate all his work.

In addition, Gregory XIII oversaw co ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 740 ratings · 100 reviews · 277 distinct works • Similar authors
Poesías
3.80 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 1591 — 89 editions
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La perfecta casada
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Luis de León: The Names of ...
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El libro de Job
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Poesías completas
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The Unknown Light
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Obras Completas de Fray Lui...
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Fray Luis de Leon
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Escritos sobre América
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“Ninguna cosa es más propia a Dios que el amor, ni al amor hay cosa más natural que volver al que ama en las condiciones e ingenio del que es amado.”
― Fray Luis de León
tags: god, love, religion
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“Y mientras miserablemente
se están los otros abrasando
en sed insaciable
del no durable mando,
tendido yo a la sombra esté cantando.”
― Fray Luis de León
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“¡Qué descansada vida la del que huye del mundanal ruido, y sigue la escondida senda, por donde han ido los pocos sabios que en el mundo han sido!”
― Luis de León
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