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The will to be oneself is heroism
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Age: 72 †
Born: 1883
Born: May 9
Died: 1955
Died: October 18
Essayist
Literary Critic
Mathematician
Opinion Journalist
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Poet
Politician
Sociologist
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University Teacher
Madrid
Spain
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Heroism
Oneself
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For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.
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