p. 199
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand. The whole world is doing things.
— George Santayana
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand. The whole world is doing things." in the context of "p. 199" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "George Santayana" (Quotes, Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion (1913))
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About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
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