Ivar Ekeland vs. Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
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Ivar Ekeland
1944 – present
Mathematics
France
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"What is needed is courage: it is always so much easier to accept what you are being told than to think for yourself."
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Nicolás Gómez Dávila
1913 – 1994
Philosophy
Colombia
Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a Colombian philosopher and aphorist sometimes referred to as "Nietzsche from the Andes."
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"For the myth of a past golden age, present day humanity substitutes the myth of a future plastic age."
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Connections
Nicolás Gómez Dávila was influenced by Ivar Ekeland
Shared era: 1944 – 1994
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