Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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)