“The man of flesh and bone; the man who is born, suffers, and dies—above all, who dies; the man who eats and drinks and plays and sleeps and thinks and wills; the man who is seen and heard; the brother, the real brother.”

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913)

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19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher 1864–1936

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