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.
Nelson Goodman
Born: August 7, 1906
Died: November 25, 1998 (aged 92)
Bio: Henry Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.
Known for:
- Languages of Art (1968)
- Ways of worldmaking (1978)
- Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (1955)
- The structure of appearance (1951)
- Of Mind and Other Matters (1984)