Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Hans Driesch
Born: October 28, 1867
Died: April 17, 1941 (aged 73)
Bio: Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch was a German biologist and philosopher from Bad Kreuznach. He is most noted for his early experimental work in embryology and for his neo-vitalist philosophy of entelechy. He is also credited with performing the first 'cloning' of an animal in the 1880s.
Known for:
- The science and philosophy of the organism (1908)
- Die seele Als Elementarer Naturfaktor
- History and Theory of Vitalism 1914