This book is amazing at analysing Leopoldo Zea's work. But when the author speaks about the man, he conceals several facts that are interesting enough to make a movie!, like he had six children with his first wife, then married again with an evil Argentinian who had been accused of poisoning to death her first husband, and word went by she later tried to do the same with Leopoldo's sons and grandsons, because she never had any children with the thinker. This kind of gossip would make a warmer reading!.

This book is a guideline to Leopoldo Zea's massive work, through his ideas. This Zea thinker is the best latin american ideologist of the XX century, and one of the most renowned Non-fiction writers of the Latin continent. His most important work, to my taste, is Positivism in Mexico. I believe most of his work is a must for students on Latin American courses or careers.

I believe Leopoldo Zea is the best contemporary thinker of Latin America. His work is truly massive. This book is his most complete work, and treats the development of the european positivist doctrines that dictated Mexico's destiny during several decades, and shows how this paradigm was unfit for that country's reality, so it led to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Anyone that has an interest in Latin American history, particularly of Mexico, ought to read this book. I recomend it without reserves. A must for students and researchers. It is a classic by all means.