Quote of the day
No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
J. L. Mackie
Born: August 25, 1917
Died: December 12, 1981 (aged 64)
Bio: John Leslie Mackie, usually cited as J. L. Mackie, was an Australian philosopher, originally from Sydney.
Known for:
- Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977)
- The Miracle of Theism
- Problems from Locke (1976)
- The cement of the universe (1974)
- Hume's moral theory (1980)







