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Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
George Steiner
Born: April 23, 1929
Died: February 3, 2020 (aged 90)
Bio: Francis George Steiner was a French-born American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He has written extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of the Holocaust.
Known for:
- After Babel (1975)
- Real presences (1986)
- The Idea of Europe: An Essay (2004)
- Tolstoy or Dostoevsky (1960)
- The death of tragedy (1961)
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