Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
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betrayal rome violence
Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.
running country emergencies
In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.
war silly flames
A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.
tolerance matter reason
There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.
men essence computer
The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.
war blood history
Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of alltimes are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones.
atoms savages bombs
The savages don't have atom bombs.
thinking able
You can't take back an act you were able to think.
uprising justice world
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
men thinking order
For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.
writing problem solve
A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.
literature throat
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
birthday justice political
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
existentialism individual claims
The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.