Nicolás Gómez Dávila Quotes

Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a prominent Colombian writer and champion of conservative social political theory.

Gómez Dávila's fame began to spread only in the last few years before his death, particularly by way of German translations of his works. He was one of the most radical critics of modernity whose work consists almost entirely of aphorisms which he called "escolios" . Wikipedia  

✵ 18. May 1913 – 17. May 1994
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Famous Nicolás Gómez Dávila Quotes

“Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about truth.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“In general, "historical necessity" turns out to be merely a name for human stupidity.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

Nicolás Gómez Dávila Quotes about God

“Of God one doesn't speak with any precision or seriousness except in poetry.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977), Volume Two

“Poetry is the fingerprint of God in human clay.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977), Volume Two

“With God there are only individuals.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977), Volume One

Nicolás Gómez Dávila Quotes

“Individualism is the cradle of vulgarity.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“To tolerate does not mean to forget that what we tolerate does not deserve anything more.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“Clarity of text is the sole incontrovertible sign of the maturity of an idea.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“The word "modern" no longer has an automatic prestige except among fools.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“"Taste is relative" is the excuse adopted by those eras that have bad taste.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“The modernist object does not possess inner life; only internal conflicts.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)

“The supreme aristocrat is not the feudal lord in his castle but the contemplative monk in his cell.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977), Volume One

“Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it.”

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977), Volume Two

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