The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come … - Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be much safer, while we've got them here—" "Ares," Poseidon interrupted, "they are worthy heroes. We will not blast my son to bits. " "Nor my daughter," Zeus grumbled. "She has done well.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be considered as the commonplace of everyday thinking. . . . An innate blindness seems to have closed the eyes of this epoch to all but those facts which show life as a phenomenon of utility

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