Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Derek Parfit
Born: December 11, 1942
Died: January 1, 2017 (aged 74)
Bio: Derek Parfit was a British philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity, rationality, ethics, and the relations among them.
Known for:
- Reasons and Persons (1984)
- On What Matters (2011)
- On What Matters: Volume Two (2011)