“Every moment celebrates obsequies over the virtues of its predecessor.”

— George Santayana

Source: The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. III, Reason in Religion, Ch. XIV

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20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with P… 1863–1952

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