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).
Friedrich Schelling
Born: January 27, 1775
Died: August 20, 1854 (aged 79)
Bio: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, later von Schelling, was a German philosopher.
Known for:
- System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)
- The ages of the world
- On the history of modern philosophy
- The grounding of positive philosophy