The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.
In the original Spanish
La metafora es probablemente la potencia mas fertil que el hombre posee.
1925
★ 6.1Provenance
Current citation
Ortega y Gasset, Jose. "The Dehumanization of Art." The Dehumanization of Art, and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature, translated by Helene Weyl. Princeton University Press, 2019.
Original citation
Ortega y Gasset, Jose. La deshumanización del Arte e Ideas sobre la novela [The Dehumanization of Art and Ideas about the Novel]. Revista de Occidente, 1925.
