Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
James Rachels

Born: May 30, 1941
Died: September 5, 2003 (aged 62)
Bio: James Rachels was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics and animal rights.
Known for:
- The Elements of Moral Philosophy (1986)
- Problems from philosophy
- Created from animals (1990)
- Can ethics provide answers? (1997)
- The legacy of Socrates