Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Jan Patočka
Born: June 1, 1907
Died: March 13, 1977 (aged 69)
Bio: Jan Patočka was a Czech philosopher. Due to his contributions to phenomenology and the philosophy of history he is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Body, community, language, world
- Plato and Europe
- The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem
- Introduction to Husserl's Phemelogy