Søren Kierkegaard was born #onthisday in 1813. He was a philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
Niccolò Machiavelli
3 May 1469
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written about 1513. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science. Lots of memorable quotations (none of them pleasant) of which this is my favourite “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
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Frank Helmut Auerbach was born #onthisday in 1931. He is a German-British painter, born in Germany, and has been a naturalised British subject since 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was born #onthisday in 1759 in London yet despite her inauspicious beginnings, she became a self-supporting bestselling international human-rights celebrity.
“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves”
