Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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)