Ch. III: Industry, Government, the peasants
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To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
— George Santayana
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love." in the context of "Ch. III: Industry, Government, the peasants" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "George Santayana" (Quotes, The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. II, Reason in Society)
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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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