Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.
Jose Ortega y GassetAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: spanish
- Born: May 9, 1883
- Died: October 18, 1955
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