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).
Étienne Gilson

Born: June 13, 1884
Died: September 19, 1978 (aged 94)
Bio: Étienne Gilson was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.
Known for:
- The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy (1936)
- The Unity of Philosophical Experience (1937)
- Being and Some Philosophers (1949)
- God and Philosophy (1941)