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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes:

Ocupation: Philosopher

Life: May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955

Birthday: May 9

Death: October 18

Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one likes is plebeian; the noble man aspires to order and law.'

- Jose Ortega y Gasset

source: Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

topic: Men, Rights, Noble Man, Plebeians, Noblesse Oblige

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