Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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)