Quote of the day
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
Hippolyte Taine
Born: April 21, 1828
Died: March 5, 1893 (aged 64)
Bio: Hippolyte Adolphe Taine was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism.
Known for:
- History of English literature (1872)
- Notes on England
- The Ancient Regime (1876)
- Les origines de la France contemporaine (1855)
- The Philosophy of Art (1870)