Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Wilhelm Dilthey
Born: November 19, 1833
Died: October 1, 1911 (aged 77)
Bio: Wilhelm Dilthey was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher, who held G. W. F. Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin.
Known for:
- Poetry and experience
- Hermeneutics and the study of history
- Understanding the Human World