For Eugenio d’Ors, life is not defined by its relation to death, but as a creative principle of forms that affirms itself. In contrast, death is defined as that which is most opposed to life, a principle of destruction and negation, fatality and resistence. In this way a dialectical relationship is established between both principles, an antagonist tension which makes life a permanent fight against death. For that reason d’Ors’ approach to death has an ethical and combative sense, stressing the need to live on alert.Para Eugenio d’Ors, la vida humana no se define por su relación con la muerte, sino como principio creador de formas que se afirma a sí mismo. En cambio, la muerte sí se define como lo radicalmente opuesto a la vida, un principi...