Mariano Moreno, his attitudes, thoughts and reflections towards the political autonomy of Buenos Aires at the beginning of the 19th century

Abstract

This text intends to briefly present Mariano Moreno, an important politician and thinker born in the Rio da Prata Region, who was fundamental to the process of political emancipation of the Region in question. His reflections and writings on knowledge, people, citizens and his actions towards the creation of the National Library and the Buenos Ayres Gazette, fruits of his illustration, were fundamental paths for the political construction of Argentina. In this context, these lines intend  to present and discuss such an illustrious intellectual. It is noteworthy that Moreno´s writings were compiled into commemorative works realting to the Bicentenary of Argentine independence and ussed in this article.