"To be surprised, to wonder,is to begin to understand. This
is the sport, the luxury, special
to the intellectual man."
Friday, November 12, 2010
Friday Philosophy
The Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) had a tendency towards elitism, but one can read the following as an open invitation to everyone to exercise their power to reason:
"To be surprised, to wonder,
is to begin to understand. This
is the sport, the luxury, special
to the intellectual man."
"To be surprised, to wonder,is to begin to understand. This
is the sport, the luxury, special
to the intellectual man."
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