Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Brand Blanshard

Born: August 27, 1892
Died: November 19, 1987 (aged 95)
Bio: Percy Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of reason. A powerful polemicist, by all accounts he comported himself with courtesy and grace in philosophical controversies and exemplified the "rational temper" he advocated.
Known for:
- The nature of thought (1939)
- On philosophical style. (1954)
- Reason & Analysis (1962)
- Reason and Goodness (1961)