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Ernesto Grassi - The general opinion ... is that the...
The general opinion ... is that the humanist tradition is primarily of literary and aesthetical significance rather than of philosophical significance. This view has its origin in statements of Descartes. (Ernesto Grassi)

The general opinion ... is that the humanist tradition is primarily of literary and aesthetical significance rather than of philosophical significance. This view has its origin in statements of Descartes.

Ernesto Grassi

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