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History As a System
Four essays by Jose Ortega y Gasset, the distinguished Spanish philosopher.
Paperback, 260 pages
Published
September 1st 1962
by W. W. Norton & Company
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The identity of humankind, argues Ortega, is the history of mankind. The simplicity of his view is deceptive and sophisticated, written in a conversational style with much wit.
There is much I could say in refutation of his peculiar projections about "bodhisattva culture" but, agai...more
The identity of humankind, argues Ortega, is the history of mankind. The simplicity of his view is deceptive and sophisticated, written in a conversational style with much wit.
There is much I could say in refutation of his peculiar projections about "bodhisattva culture" but, agai...more
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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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