Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Eduard Bernstein
Born: January 6, 1850
Died: December 18, 1932 (aged 82)
Bio: Eduard Bernstein was a German social democratic political theorist and politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party, and the founder of evolutionary socialism, social democracy, and reformism.
Known for:
- Cromwell and Communism (1930)
- Bernstein: The Preconditions of Socialism