Quote#Friendship
What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he…
Quote byGeorge Santayana · 1863–1952
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vol. II, Reason in Society, Ch. V: Democracy.
English (original)
What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude: the aims of friendship, religion, science, and art.
— George Santayana
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