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).
Hans-Georg Gadamer

Born: February 11, 1900
Died: March 13, 2002 (aged 102)
Bio: Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus Truth and Method on hermeneutics.
Known for:
- Truth and Method (1960)
- Philosophical Hermeneutics (1976)
- The enigma of health (1996)
- La Actualidad de Lo Bello