Susanne K. Langer (1895–1985) American philosopher
Feeling and Form, ch. 19, Scribner (1953)
“"The free man… believes in destiny and believes that it has need of him," wrote Martin Buber, the great Jewish philosopher. "Destiny," added Marianne Moore, the spinster poet, when she quoted Buber. "Not fate." What is this distinction Moore takes such care to draw between destiny and fate?”
"Going it alone" (2015)
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