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).
Porphyry
Born: 233
Died: 305 (aged 72)
Bio: Porphyry of Tyre was a Neoplatonic philosopher who was born in Tyre, in the Roman Empire. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of his teacher Plotinus.
Known for:
- On abstinence from animal food
- Porphyry Introduction
- Select works of Porphyry
- Porphyry the Philosopher