«To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.»

Jose Ortega y Gasset *

* (Madrid, Spain 9-May-1883 / 18-Oct-1955).
Liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" which "comprised a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics.