Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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