Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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)