Introduction. Miguel de Unamuno is a Spanish philosopher who pondered over the question of the meaning of human existence and the purpose of life. The anxiety about death generates in individuals a desire for immortality, which finds its expression in what M. de Unamuno termed as the “tragic feeling of life”. Theoretical analysis. The proposed examination focuses on the concept of aspiration as articulated by M. de Unamuno, employing both dialectical and hermeneutic methodologies.
