"[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary……" — Jose Ortega y Gasset
"[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly mediocre, and even less than mediocre. That is to say, modern science, the root and symbol of our actual civilization, finds a place for the intellectually commonplace man and allows him to work therein with success."
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
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153 Quotes by Jose Ortega y Gasset
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