Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Michael Löwy
Born: May 6, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Michael Löwy is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS and lectures at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Known for:
- The war of gods (1996)
- Romanticism against the tide of modernity (2001)