Free University Berlin

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“This leads us to note down in our psychological chart of the mass-man of today two fundamental traits: the free expansion of his vital desires, and, therefore, of his personality; and his radical ingratitude towards all that has made possible the ease of his existence. These traits together make up the well-known psychology of the spoilt child.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)

“The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)

“Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see.”
—Irving Berlin (1888–1989)