Quote of the day
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
Ernest Gellner
Born: December 9, 1925
Died: November 5, 1995 (aged 69)
Bio: Ernest André Gellner was a British-Czech philosopher and social anthropologist described by The Daily Telegraph, when he died, as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals, and by The Independent as a "one-man crusade for critical rationalism".
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