Quote of the day
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Benjamin Farrington

Born: 1891
Died: 1974 (aged 83)
Bio: Benjamin Farrington was an Irish scholar and professor of Classics, teaching in Ireland, South Africa, and Great Britain. Although his academic career spanned several disciplines, he is most well known for his contributions to the history of Greek science.
Known for:
- Greek science, its meaning for us (1944)
- Science and politics in the ancient world (1939)
- What Darwin really said (1966)
- Head and hand in ancient Greece (1947)