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).
Cleanthes

Born: 330 BC
Died: 232 BC (aged 98)
Bio: Cleanthes, of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and successor to Zeno, as the second head of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures.