philosopher-hero nominees

Just cleaning up my inbox, and noticed that Cameron made the following suitable nomination a full month ago…

“Another nominee for the admirable philosopher list, while certainly not a major figure is the up-and-coming-philosopher turned war-hero Jean Cavaillès

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cavailles

I like the quote from Canguilhem at the end of that article:

‘A philosopher-mathematician loaded with explosives, lucid and reckless, resolute without optimism. If that’s not a hero, what is a hero?'”