In memoriam: George Ross 1935-2011 « Francesca Elston

The Ten Commandments of the late George Ross (I summarise): 1.- Sapere aude – Dare to know.  2.- Know thyself. 3.- Universalize your actions. 4.- Be kind and compassionate, and be involved. 5.- Take very seriously your duty towards others, but do not take yourself too seriously. 6.- Remember that all human opinions, values, tenets and beliefs are of necessity subjective and relative. 7.- Be regular and ordinary in your life, like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work. 8.- Tolerate any stance, except intolerance itself. 9.- Treat with respect the planet on which we live. 10.- Strive to live in such a way that the world you leave behind you is a better place, freer, wiser, more tolerant, than the world you found when you were born.  Read the whole thing!