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John Passmore AC (9 September 1914 – 25 July 2004) was an Australian philosopher.Passmore was born in Manly Sydney. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School and subsequently graduated from the University of Sydney with first-class honours in English literature and philosophy and continued this studies to become a secondary-school teacher. In 1934 he accepted the position of assistant lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sydney continuing teaching there until 1949.