The radical inadequacy of human action in the Spanish Golden Age

Abstract:

In this work we investigate a trait of religiosity in the Golden Age. We refer to a common belief in the inconsistence of human action. The awareness about the dete- rioration of willingness causes a religiosity of personal inadequacy. This kind of religiosity splits into different cultural, philosophical and theological manifestations. Considering the own moral inadecuacy, we can better understand some characteristics of Golden mind, as the intellectualism, the insistence in theological virtues over the moral ones, or the primacy of Grace.

Key words:

Golden Age, moral action, freedom, Grace.