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).
Bryan Magee

Born: April 12, 1930
Died: July 26, 2019 (aged 89)
Bio: Bryan Edgar Magee was a British philosopher, broadcaster, politician, author, and poet, best known as a popularizer of philosophy.
Known for:
- Confessions of a philosopher (1997)
- Wagner and Philosophy (2000)
- The philosophy of Schopenhauer (1983)
- The great philosophers (1987)
- Aspects of Wagner (1968)