Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Edward Thorndike
Born: August 31, 1874
Died: August 9, 1949 (aged 74)
Bio: Edward Lee "Ted" Thorndike was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Known for:
- Human Nature And The Social Order V1 (1940)
- Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies (1911)
- The Elements Of Psychology (1905)
- Notes on child study (1901)