Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Alain Badiou
Born: January 17, 1937 (age 88)
Bio: Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard.
Known for:
- Being and event (2001)
- The Communist Hypothesis (2010)
- The meaning of Sarkozy (2008)
- The Adventure of French Philosophy (2012)