This edition contains the works of one of the outstanding thinkers of the 20th century, José Ortega y Gaseta, showing the crisis of Western society and culture in the last century. Ortega-i-Gaset convincingly argued that the separation of a civilization based on consumption and egoistic hedonism from national roots and traditions leads to the degradation of social and cultural ideals, to the degeneration of art. Exploring the phenomenon of modernism, to which he paid much attention, the philosopher regarded it as the antithesis of “mass culture” and tried to highlight in it constructive creative principles. The works of Ortega-i-Gaset are distinguished not only by their philosophical depth and content, but also by their excellent literary style, which has always attracted reader interest to them.