Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Stanley Cavell

Born: September 1, 1926
Died: June 19, 2018 (aged 91)
Bio: Stanley Cavell was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
Known for:
- The world viewed (1971)
- Pursuits of Happiness (1981)
- The claim of reason (1979)
- Must we mean what we say? (1958)
- Cities of Words (2004)
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