Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
J. G. A. Pocock

Born: March 7, 1924
Died: December 12, 2023 (aged 99)
Bio: John Greville Agard Pocock was a historian of political thought from New Zealand.
Known for:
- The Machiavellian Moment (1975)
- Barbarism and religion (1999)
- The ancient constitution and the feudal law (1957)
- Virtue, commerce, and history (1976)
- The discovery of islands (2005)