January 24, 2011

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Even when it cannot be an act of reason, an option should be an act of the intelligence.
There are no compellingly demonstrable options, but there are stupid options.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 428

2 comments:

  1. The original Spanish is:

    Aun cuando no pueda ser acto de la razón la opción debe ser acto de la inteligencia.
    No hay opciones constrictivamente demostrables, pero hay opciones estúpidas.

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  2. "Option" (Spanish opción) is a somewhat technical term for Gómez Dávila. For more on his usage of this term, see Textos (Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 2002), pp. 91-112

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