Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
J. Budziszewski

Born: 1952 (age 73)
Bio: J. Budziszewski is professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, where he has taught since 1981. He specializes in ethics, political philosophy and the interaction of these two fields with religion and theology.
Known for:
- What We Can't Not Know (2003)
- On the Meaning of Sex (2012)
- How to stay Christian in college (1999)
- The Revenge of Conscience (1999)
- Written on the heart (1997)