John E. Hare (1949) British philosopher
Source: “Evolutionary Theory and Theological Ethics” (2012), p. 251
“Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways?”
"Haunted by Halloween", in the New York Times (31 October 1990).
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