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Derek Parfit
British philosopher (1942–2017).
Born December 11th, 1942 in Chengdu.
Died January 2nd, 2017 at 74 years old in London Borough of Islington.
Occupations
philosopher
Wikipedia
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi