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).
Bio: John Cresswell Parkin CC OOnt was a Canadian architect. From 1947 to 1969 he was the design chief for the Toronto firm John B. Parkin Associates, at the time the largest architectural firm in the country.
