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).
Peter Unger

Born: April 25, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Peter K. Unger is a contemporary American philosopher and professor at New York University. His main interests lie in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
Known for:
- Living High and Letting Die (1996)
- All the power in the world (2005)
- Identity, consciousness, and value (1990)
- Philosophical relativity (1984)
- Achieving Laboratory Accreditation (1992)