Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
John Plamenatz
Born: May 16, 1912
Died: February 19, 1975 (aged 62)
Bio: John Petrov Plamenatz born as Jovan Petrov Plamenac, was a political philosopher, who spent most of his academic life at the University of Oxford. He is well known for his analysis of political obligation and his theory of democracy.
Known for:
- Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau
- Ideology (1970)
- Man and Society (1963)
- Consent, freedom and political obligation (1938)