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.
Talal Asad

Born: 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Talal Asad is an anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Known for:
- Formations of the secular (2003)
- Genealogies of religion (1993)
- On Suicide Bombing (2007)
- Anthropology & the Colonial Encounter (1973)