Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Jean-Luc Nancy
Born: July 26, 1940
Died: August 23, 2021 (aged 81)
Bio: Jean-Luc Nancy was a French philosopher.
Known for:
- Being Singular Plural (2000)
- The inoperative community (1986)
- Dis-Enclosure (2008)
- The sense of the world (1997)
- The birth to presence (1993)