Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus may refer to:Karl Kraus (writer) (1874–1936), Austrian writer and journalist Karl Kraus (physicist) (1938–1988), German theoretical physicist
Background
- Born in
- Jičín
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
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Trending topics shown first"Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence."
"The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life."
"Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former."
"Progress … has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools."
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1874
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Birth1936
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