Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Alexander Nehamas
Born: March 22, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: Alexander Nehamas is Professor of Philosophy and Edmund N. Carpenter, II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1990, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Known for:
- On Friendship (2016)
- Nietzsche, life as literature (1985)
- The art of living (1998)
- Virtues of authenticity (1999)