Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Benjamin Kidd
Born: September 9, 1858
Died: October 2, 1916 (aged 58)
Bio: Benjamin Kidd was a British sociologist whose first job was a civil service clerk, but who, by persistent self-education, became internationally famous by the publication of his book Social Evolution in 1894.
Known for:
- The Science of Power
- Social Evolution (1894)
- Principles of Western Civilisation (1902)
- Individualism and after
- A philosopher with nature