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According to José Ortega y Gasset “Philosophy is an activity which concerns theoretical knowledge; a theory of the universe. Even when the word “universe”, which is opening panoramic vistas before us, adds to the severe word “theory” a certain life and gaiety, we must not forget that what we are going to create is not the Universe, as though we were momentarily gods, but only its theory”.
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Chorafas, D.N. (2015). Philosophy, Science and Ethics. In: Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09189-1_2
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