Quote of the day
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?
George Boas
Born: August 28, 1891
Died: March 17, 1980 (aged 88)
Bio: George Boas was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied shortly at Columbia, and finally at UC Berkeley, where he earned his PhD in 1917.
Known for:
- The cult of childhood (1966)
- A primer for critics (1937)
- The heaven of invention (1962)
- Wingless Pegasus (1950)