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About Nicols Gmez Dvila

Nicols Gmez Dvila was a 20th-century Colombian writer and philosopher. Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a Colombian philosopher and aphorist sometimes referred to as "Nietzsche from the Andes." Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth

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“Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.”
— Nicols Gmez Dvila
charity god

“Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.”
— Nicols Gmez Dvila
freedom

“Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.”
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communion faith

“To be right is just one more reason not to achieve any success.”
— Nicols Gmez Dvila
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“In the intelligent man faith is the only remedy for anguish.The fool is cured by reason, progress, alcohol, work.”
— Nicols Gmez Dvila
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“Swimming against the current is not idiotic if the waters are racing toward a waterfall.”
— Nicols Gmez Dvila
individual society
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