Man is a fantastic animal; he was born of fantasy, he is the son of "the mad woman of the house." And universal history is the gigantic and thousand-year effort to go on putting order into that huge, disorderly, anti-animal fantasy. What we call reason is no more than fantasy put into shape. Is there anything in the world more fantastic than that which is the most rational? Is there anything more fantastic than the mathematical point, and the infinite line, and, in general, all mathematics and all physics? Is there a more fantastic fancy than what we call "justice" and the other thing that we call "happiness"?
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About Jos Ortega y Gasset
Jos Ortega y Gasset.
Themes
- Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality