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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes about Destiny

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This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say, of spontaneous historical action, which in the long run

This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say, of spontaneous historical action, which in the long run sustains, nourishes, and impels human destinies.

Jose Ortega y Gasset
Running, Destiny, Civilization
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it.

Jose Ortega y Gasset
Wisdom, Destiny, Men

Whoever has not felt the danger of our times palpitating under his hand, has not really penetrated to the vitals of destiny, he has merely pricked the surface.

Jose Ortega y Gasset
Destiny, Hands, Danger
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

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