Quote of the day
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
Edvard Westermarck
Born: November 20, 1862
Died: September 3, 1939 (aged 76)
Bio: Edvard Alexander Westermarck was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.
Known for:
- The History of Human Marriage (1891)
- Ritual and Belief in Morocco (1926)
- Ethical Relativity (1932)
- Christianity and morals (1939)