CHAPTER 6:
The Sophist’s World
Was Rizal a Doctor?
May 3,1882- Jose Rizal secretly left the country aboard S.S Salvadora.
Paciano, two sisters, and few close friends knew his secret departure.
Why was it kept as a secret?
• To avoid detection by the Spanish authorities and friars.
• Rizal’s parents and Leonor knew nothing about this
either.
Jose Mercado
Passport name used by Rizal in order to avoid interrogation by
the Spaniards.
Name of his cousin in Biñan.
When he reached Barcelona, Spain he came into contact with
Filipinos who were plotting revolution.
Not one of the desperate plans he heard appealed him as
having any hope of success.
He had definite mind, set in favor of education and
against revolution at this period and during all his
life.
Barcelona left him surer than ever that, as he had
written six years before education must give his
country light before he could hope for more
freedom.
November 3,1882 from Barcelona Rizal went to
Madrid and enrolled in two courses- Medicine and
Philosophy and Letters at the Universidad Central
de Madrid.
Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando-Rizal studied
painting and sculpture.
He also found time to study French, German, and
English under private instructors.
-Rizal varied education helped him assimilate all this
influences into his nationalistic thoughts and writings.
THE DIARIONG TAGALOG
• August 1, 1882 the Diariong Tagalog was founded.
• Marcelo H. del Pilar-founder of Diariong Tagalog.
• Francisco Calvo- editor of Diariong Tagalog; member of
editorial staff.
• The first bilingual newspaper.
• This paper published nationalist and reformist articles.
• Because of lack of funds, the paper ceased publication on
October 31,1882.
Articles in Diariong Tagalog
“El Amor Patrio” (The Love of Country)
-this
was the first articles Rizal wrote in the
Spanish soil.
-he used the pen name “Laong Laan “ (ever
prepared) as a byline for this articles and
he sent it to Marcelo H. Del Pilar for tagalog
translation.
-the article aimed to establish nationalism
and patriotism among the natives.
“Revista De Madrid” (Review of Madrid)
-this articles written by Rizal on November 29,1882 was
unfortunately returned to him because Diariong
Tagalog had ceased publication for lack of funds.
“Los Viajes” (Travels)
-published in the La Solidaridad on May 15, 1889 this
articles tacled the rewards gained by the people who
are well-traveled to many places in the world.
Thank you…….
Froline M. Dinamling