As quoted in Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, p. 155
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Man must not only make himself: the weightiest thing he has to do is to determine what he is going to be. He is causa sui to the second power.
— José Ortega y Gasset
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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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