José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorEternal human life would be unbearable. It gains value precisely because its brevity tightens, condenses, and makes it compact.
José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorMan differs from the animal in that he drinks without thirst and loves without time.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorMan is the being that absolutely needs truth, and, conversely, truth is the only thing that man essentially needs, his only unconditional need.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorEvery existing thing is a virgin that must be loved to become fruitful.
José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorLove, more than an elemental power, seems like a literary genre. Because love, more than an instinct, is a creation, and even as a creation, nothing primitive in man.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorMaximum specialization equals maximum unculturedness.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorTell me how you have fun and I'll tell you who you are.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorMen do not live together just because, but to undertake great enterprises together.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThe least we can do, in service of something, is to understand it.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThe history of bullfighting is linked to that of Spain, so much so that without knowing the former, it will be impossible to understand the latter.