The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise au point) of the book as a vital function.
Jose Ortega y GassetAbasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
Jose Ortega y GassetI am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.
Jose Ortega y Gasset