Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Born: August 6, 1862
Died: August 3, 1932 (aged 69)
Bio: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, known as Goldie, was a British political scientist and philosopher. He led most of his life at Cambridge, where he wrote a dissertation on Neoplatonism before becoming a fellow. He was closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
Known for:
- The Greek View of Life (1896)
- A Modern Symposium (1905)
- The European Anarchy (1916)
- Plato and His Dialogues (1911)
- The international anarchy, 1904-1914 (1926)