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.
Saul Kripke
Born: November 13, 1940
Died: September 15, 2022 (aged 81)
Bio: Saul Aaron Kripke was an American philosopher and logician. He was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York and emeritus professor at Princeton University.
Known for:
- Naming and Necessity (1980)
- Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language (1982)
- Philosophical Troubles: Collected Papers (2011)
- Introduction au paradoxe de Wittgenstein (1996)