José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" which "comprised a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics inspired by William James, and with a general method from a realist phenomenology imitating Edmund Husserl, which served both his proto-existentialism and his realist historicism which has been compared to both Wilhelm Dilthey and Benedetto Croce."
Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. poetry
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. death
Life is a series of collisions with the future it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be. the future & life
We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. history
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge
3 more wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other views from William Butler Yeats
28 other views from William Butler Yeats
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 wisdom & wit from Dave Barry
27 wisdom & wit from Dave Barry
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill
74 other wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill