A Life that Mattered
Derek Parfit, one of the greatest philosophers of his generation, died on the first day of this year. At a time when many people are despairing about current political trends, Parfit's writings can encourage us to take a longer and more optimistic perspective.
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PRINCETON – On January 1, Derek Parfit, one of the greatest philosophers of my generation, died. Just a year earlier, in a poll on a leading philosophy website, Parfit had been voted the most important living Anglophone philosopher.