Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport them… - Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport themselves with decency only when circumstances permit no other choice.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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About Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18 May 1913 – 17 May 1994) was a Colombian writer and thinker considered one of the most intransigent political theoreticians of the twentieth century. He became known during the last few years of his life, particularly through German translations of his works. Gómez Dávila was one of the most radical critics of modernity; his work consists almost entirely of aphorisms he called escolios (that is, glosses or annotations).

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Alternative Names: Nicolas Gomez Davila

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