Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Lev Shestov

Born: February 12, 1866
Died: November 19, 1938 (aged 72)
Bio: Lev Isaakovich Shestov, born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann, was a Russian existentialist philosopher. Born in Kyiv on February 12 1866, he emigrated to France in 1921, fleeing from the aftermath of the October Revolution. He lived in Paris until his death on November 19, 1938.
Known for:
- Athens and Jerusalem
- Penultimate words
- All Things Are Possible
- Anton Tchekhov and Other Essays
- Nachala i kontsy