Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
Halford Mackinder
Born: February 15, 1861
Died: March 6, 1947 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir Halford John Mackinder was an English geographer, academic, politician, the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading and Director of the London School of Economics, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy.
Known for:
- Britain and the British seas (1902)