Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), Conclusion : Don Quixote in the Contemporary European Tragi-Comedy
“There is nothing worse than a cultural barbarian with pretensions.”
Requiem for a Dream (1978)
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