At the end of the Thirties and during the following years, we find in Cuba a socio-political and cultural atmosphere very different from that of the previous period. The revolution of the Thirties succeeded in overthrowing Machado, but at the same time the achievement of its deeper social goals was frustrated. A spirit of demoralization dominated the Cuban political scene and a group of writers and artists of the Third Generation of the Republic started to perceive politics as a meaningless comedy in which they did not want to participate. Simultaneously, an increase in the involvement of the United States in Cuban domestic affairs caused those creators to believe that they were experiencing a period of progressive disintegration of their national identity Disappointed with the political options available, they began to conceive of 'culture' as the only feasible way to save national dignity and awareness. For those creators, culture was the only real aspect of an otherwise disheartening socio-political farce. Culture was also a refuge in which the nation could survive until better political circumstances and new incorruptible leaders would emerge. Culture, for them, had an essentially ethical and holistic meaning. Thus, their cultural undertaking could be considered a chapter in the history of Cuban ethics, as Cintio Vitier pointed out in his Ese sol del mundo moral. This ethical perspective is the most appropriate for our understanding of this group, and constitutes the nucleus that gives meaning to the operational structure of the group's various artistic and literary reviews which reveal their conformity as a whole. Another factor in the group's uniformity was the presence of a leader, Jose Lezama Lima, who eventually became an ethical model The group is known as 'Origenes' and includes writers, musicians, painters, sculptors, and art critics. Its reviews are Verbum (1937), Espuela de Plata (1939-1941), Clavileno (1942-1944), Nadie Parecia (1942-1943), Poeta (1943), and Origenes (1944-1956) The object of this dissertation is to bring into the foreground the ethical holistic meaning of the 'Origenes' group, as reflected in its reviews, particularly in Origenes as a culmination of the process begun by Verbum