title: Jorge Polar
text: # Jorge Polar
  
  Jorge Polar (1856–1932) was a Peruvian intellectual, poet, and politician born in Arequipa, Peru, on April 21 of 1856 . After leaving a trace in university teaching, cultural journalism, national politics and the administration of justice, died on June 6, 1932.
  
  ## Education
  
  He completed his secondary education at the National School of Independence, which was founded by Simon Bolivar . Then he entered the University of St. Augustine [1], and at age 18, he earned his Juris Doctor in 1874. Later he traveled to Lima and the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos [2] where he obtained his Ph.D. in History, Philosophy and Literature.
  
  ## Works
  
  * A Biography of Juan Manuel Polar, 1886
  * Literary Studies, 1886
  * Something in Prose, 1887
  * Poems, 1887
  * Lucia and Julia Letter, 1887
  * White (novel), 1888
  * Arequipa, 1891, 1922
  * Light Philosophy, 1895
  * Stanzas of a poem, 1896
  * Aesthetics, 1903
  * At the University, 1904
  * Confession of a Professor, 1925
  * Our Melgar, 1928
  * Introduction to the Study of Modern Philosophy, 1928
  