Chapter XV: We Arrive At The Real Question
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[I]t would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of to-day of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him cold, or rather, would flatter him. Immoralism has become a commonplace, and anybody and everybody boasts of practising it.
— José Ortega y Gasset
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Source: Wikiquote: "José Ortega y Gasset" (Quotes, The Revolt of the Masses (1929): La rebelión de las masas (1929)
Also see The Revolt of the Masses)
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About José Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset (May 9 1883 – October 18 1955) was a Spanish philosopher.
About José Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset (May 9 1883 – October 18 1955) was a Spanish philosopher.
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