Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Walter Benjamin

Born: July 15, 1892
Died: September 26, 1940 (aged 48)
Bio: Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic.
Known for:
- Arcades Project
- The Origin of German Tragic Drama (1928)
- Berlin childhood around 1900
- One-way street, and other writings
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