“Los hombres de corto genio son como los niños de escuela, que, si se arrojan a escribir sin pauta, en borrones y garabatos desperdician toda la tinta”.

                                                                                                                        Padre Feijoo, “Carta 33”

Feijoo, Jovellanos, and Cadalso are some of the most prominent authors who fought with their writings the ignorance and ignorance of the people. Their attitude was in accordance with the renewing spirit rationality and progress of the Enlightenment. These authors were firmly convinced that it was the superstitions and false beliefs of the uneducated people that were the cause of the dire economic and social situation that the country was immersed in. They wrote mainly journalistic essays, as well as a large number of popular science articles. A common characteristic is their exquisite education and refined manners, as well as a fervent yearning for renewal, which led them to habitually preoccupy themselves with matters of political reform and social progress in general.

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