To live is to feel oneself lost. ✨ The Revolt of the Masses. Book by J…

Jose Ortega y Gasset
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To live is to feel oneself lost. ✨ The Revolt of the Masses. Book by José Ortega y Gasset. Chapter XIV: Who Rules The World?, 1929.
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