Quote #77,833 “An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset An idea is a putting truth in check-mate. Jose Ortega y Gasset Philosopher • Spanish favorite_border 0 ios_share Share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link content_copy Copy Quote check_circle Copied to clipboard! Topics Truth Imagination More from Jose Ortega y Gasset View All To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat. — Jose Ortega y Gasset favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation. — Jose Ortega y Gasset favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have. — Jose Ortega y Gasset favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist. — Jose Ortega y Gasset favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link