Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Leonard Peikoff
Born: October 15, 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Leonard S. Peikoff is a Canadian-American philosopher. A former professor of philosophy, he was designated by the philosopher Ayn Rand as heir to her estate.
Known for:
- Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (1991)
- The Ominous Parallels (1982)
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (1979)
- Philosophy: Who Needs It (1982)