Donald M. MacKinnon Professions : Philosopher Born : August 27, 1913 Died : March 2, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Donald M. MacKinnon The creative person prefers the richness of the disordered to the stark barrenness of the simple. Donald M. MacKinnon chaos creative simple . . . personal soundness is not an absence of problems but a way of reacting to them. Donald M. MacKinnon problem absence way The philosopher is not an apologist; apologetic concern, as Karl Barth (the one living theologian of unquestionable genius) has rightly insisted, is the death of serious theologizing, and I would add, equally of serious work in the philosophy of religion. Donald M. MacKinnon genius add philosophy Similar Authors F. H. Bradley philosopher Irving Copi philosopher Ivan Ilyin philosopher Ivan Illich philosopher Bion of Borysthenes philosopher Bonaventure philosopher All Authors