GESPRÄCHE MIT MASARYK, Denker und Staatsmann. Mit einem Lebensbild
CONVERSATIONS WITH MASARYK, Thinker and Statesman. With a picture of life

Author(s): Emil Ludwig
Subject(s): Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Summary/Abstract: The following conversations were held at Lany Castle near Prague in German and were only slightly changed by the President during the review, but were deepened by longer theoretical insertions, especially in the third part. Where the spoken word remains unchanged, the character of the speaker shines through. For this time too, I was less interested in a statesman's position on all sorts of questions that he answered in his deeds and works than in a sketch of his character, which here, as everywhere else, best emerges from direct statements. A series of popular or original phrases, even in the revision, show how he answered my questions with immediate freshness. Despite his handling of philosophical categories, one will find great simplicity of expression. A 16 year old can understand each of the following pages; They are less suitable for writers and party people. This time too I didn't give the lead to the typical topics of freedom, socialism, technology and the like; They make the whole thing monotonous, turning the lively conversation into a debate. // PUBLISHED in 1935 by QUERIDO, Amsterdam

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