Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
R. G. Collingwood
Born: February 22, 1889
Died: January 9, 1943 (aged 53)
Bio: Robin George Collingwood was an English philosopher, historian, and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works including The Principles of Art and the posthumously published The Idea of History.
Known for:
- The idea of history
- An essay on metaphysics (1940)
- An autobiography (1939)
- The idea of nature
- An essay on philosophical method (1933)