Quotes by Nicols Gmez Dvila

24 quotes found

Writer and philosopher · Colombian · 1913–1994

Colombian writer and philosopher (1913–1994)

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Common Themes

“Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies fromindifference toward the unique values which created it.”

civilization

“The anarchy that threatens a degrading society is not its punishment, but its remedy.”

anarchy

“The philosopher is not the spokesman of his age, but an angel imprisoned in time.”

“The curve of mans knowledge of himself ascends until the 17th century, declines gradually afterwards, in this century it finally plummets”

self-knowledge