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.
Bernard Bolzano
Born: October 5, 1781
Died: December 18, 1848 (aged 67)
Bio: Bernard Bolzano was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his antimilitarist views.
Known for:
- The Paradoxes of the Infinite
- Selected writings on ethics and politics
- Theory of Science