The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does …

George Santayana
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The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany. ✨ George Santayana (2015). Character and Opinion in the United States, p.21, Sheba Blake Publishing
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The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany. ✨ George Santayana (2015). Character and Opinion in the United States, p.21, Sheba Blake Publishing

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