Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which ... can be called "public” or "popular” opinion. (José Ortega y Gasset)

Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which ... can be called "public” or "popular” opinion.

José Ortega y Gasset

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