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In the News - NYTimes - Joel E. Cohen


Joel E. Cohen: “[René Dubos] wrote near the end of this essay: ‘For some human beings, perhaps for most, living implies the kind of Life envisaged by Spinoza — with the effort that caps nature with culture, existence with meaning, and facts with forms.’ Dubos was one of the lucky humans whose efforts capped nature with culture, existence with meaning, and facts with forms.”