Quote of the day
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).
P. F. Strawson

Born: November 23, 1919
Died: February 13, 2006 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir Peter Frederick Strawson was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1968 to 1987.
Known for:
- The Bounds of Sense (1966)
- Freedom and resentment, and other essays (1962)
- Introduction to logical theory (1952)
- Analysis and metaphysics (1992)