Resumen
El origen del pensamiento (The Origin of Thought) is a philosophical and literary essay in which Armando Palacio Valdés explores the nature of human thought, its evolution, and its relation to perception, emotion, and language.
Unlike his more famous realist novels, this work reflects a more introspective and speculative side of the author.
Palacio Valdés engages with the big questions:
Where does thought come from?
Is it born of instinct, sensation, or divine spark?
How does it differ between humans and animals?
The book is not a dense academic treatise, but rather a conversational meditation that blends literary elegance with philosophical curiosity, making it accessible to general readers interested in ideas.