About José Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset ( or-TAY-gə; Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣa j ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy...
More quotations from José Ortega y Gasset
I am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
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Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality... the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.