Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Marshall Berman

Born: November 24, 1940
Died: September 11, 2013 (aged 72)
Bio: Marshall Howard Berman was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer.
Known for:
- All That Is Solid Melts into Air
- The politics of authenticity (1970)
- Adventures in Marxism (1999)
- On the Town (2006)