José Ortega y Gasset

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José Ortega y Gasset


Born
in Madrid, Spain
May 09, 1883

Died
October 18, 1955

Genre

Influences


José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. He was, along with Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, a proponent of the idea of perspectivism.

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“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”
José Ortega y Gasset

“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.”
Jose Ortega y Gasset

“The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.”
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Hypatia
 
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George Berkeley (write-in)
 
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Voltaire (write-in)
 
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