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Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher.
Born August 10th, 1924 in Versailles. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1998 at 73 years old in Paris (leukemia). [ref]
Occupations
epistemologist, linguist, literary critic, literary theorist, philologist, philosopher, sociologist, teacher, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson