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Dietrich von Hildebrand
Dietrich von Hildebrand

German philosopher, born on October 12, 1889, and died on January 26, 1977. Dietrich von Hildebrand is known for his contributions to ethics and aesthetics. more

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“It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself up out of the dark abyss of pish and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash.”

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