Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
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)