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José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset

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José Ortega y Gasset

Spanish • Educator • Philosopher • Writer

Born: 9 May, 1883 Died: 18 October, 1955 1 Published Quote

Spanish philosopher and humanist essayist best known for his maxim "I am I and my circumstance" and The Revolt of the Masses.

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José Ortega y Gasset (9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a leading Spanish philosopher and essayist of the 20th century. Developing a philosophy of ‘vital reason’ (razón vital) and perspectivism, he bridged German neo-Kantianism and existential phenomenology.

His famous dictum from Meditations on Quixote (1914)—’I am I and my circumstance; and if I do not save it, I do not save myself’—captures the interdependence of individual freedom and historical responsibility.

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