Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Leonard Krieger
Born: 1918
Died: 1990 (aged 72)
Bio: Leonard Krieger was an American historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, especially Germany. He was influential as an intellectual historian, and particularly for his discussion of historicism.
Known for:
- The German idea of freedom (1957)
- Kings and philosophers, 1689-1789. (1970)
- Time's reasons (1989)
- Ideas and events
- Ranke (1977)