The characteristic note of our time is the dire truth that, the mediocre soul, the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be mediocre, has the gall to assert its right to mediocrity, and goes on to impose itself where it can.
José Ortega y GassetThe type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.
José Ortega y GassetLiving is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
Mots clés human-condition
The poet begins where the man ends.
The man's lot is to live his human life,
the poet's to invent what is nonexistent.
On the Bigotry of Culture:
: it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires no justification but is valid by it's own essence, whatever its concrete employment and content maybe. Human life was to put itself at the service of culture because only thus would it become charged with value. From which it would follow that human life, our pure existence was, in itself, a mean and worthless thing.
Mots clés life existence philosophy service thought meaning culture worth dehumanization
Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
José Ortega y GassetOur firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.
José Ortega y GassetWe do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
José Ortega y GassetMots clés life success thinking survival
The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man
José Ortega y GassetYo soy yo y mi circunstancia.
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