The city is not built, as is the cottage or the domus, to shelter from the weather and to propagate the species - these are personal, family concerns - but in order to discuss public affairs. (José Ortega y Gasset)

The city is not built, as is the cottage or the domus, to shelter from the weather and to propagate the species - these are personal, family concerns - but in order to discuss public affairs.

José Ortega y Gasset

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