Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Donald Phillip Verene

Born: October 24, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Donald Phillip Verene is an American philosophy professor and author. He is the Charles Howard Chandler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Emory University.
Known for:
- Vico's Science of Imagination (1981)
- Hegel's recollection (1985)
- The Art of Humane Education (2002)
- Philosophy and the return to self-knowledge (1997)