Quote of the day
The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.
J. J. C. Smart
Born: September 16, 1920
Died: October 6, 2012 (aged 92)
Bio: John Jamieson Carswell "Jack" Smart AC was an Australian philosopher and academic, and was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by Australian National University Australia.
Known for:
- Utilitarianism: For and Against (1973)
- Philosophy and scientific realism (1963)
- Atheism and Theism (2003)
- Essays Metaphysical and Moral (1987)
- Ethics, persuasion, and truth (1984)








