“There is nothing truly real, save that which feels, suffers, pities, loves and desires, save consciousness. And we need God in order to save consciousness; not in order to think existence, but in order to live it; not in order to know the why and how of it, but in order to feel the wherefore of it.”

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), VII : Love, Suffering, Pity

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

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