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“All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a dismal begging of the question.”

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Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish novelist, philosopher, and academic. His works profoundly reflected the ideas of individualism and existentialism, and had a profound impact on 20th-century literature and philosophy. more

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