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Many people... go through life with hardly an original thought; gravitate from one pleasure or amusement to another; gain a livelihood doing what someone else has assigned; flee boredom as best they can; marry and beget children; and then, without having made the slightest difference of any unique significance, die and decay like any animal.
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Richard Taylor
Born:
November 5, 1919
Died:
October 30, 2003
(aged 83)
Bio:
Richard Taylor, born in Charlotte, Michigan, was an American philosopher renowned for his dry wit and his contributions to metaphysics. He was also an internationally known beekeeper.
Known for:
The joys of beekeeping (1974)
Restoring Pride: The Lost Virtue of Our Age (1996)
Ethics, faith, and reason (1985)
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