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Robert Musil, born on November 6, 1880, and died on April 15, 1942, was one of the greatest German novelists of the 20th century. He is renowned for his profound psychological portrayals and philosophical reflections in his works.

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“In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future.”

Lying Existence Fields Ought Lessons Intellectual Mathematics Significant Mathematician Analogies

Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

“the restricting of intellectual and spiritual needs to the mania of progress”

Needs Spiritual Progress Intellectual Mania

Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

“Ideology is: intellectual ordering of the feelings; an objective connection among them that makes the subjective connection easier.”

Feelings Easier Intellectual Connections Objectives Ideology Subjective

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“Scientific reason, with its strict conscience, its lack of prejudice, and its determination to question every result again the moment it might lead to the least intellectual advantage, does in an area of secondary interest what we ought to be doing with the basic questions of life.”

Life Doe Reason Moments Might Interest Results Ought Intellectual Conscience Advantage Areas Determination Prejudice Strict

Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

“... the novel is called upon like no other art form to incorporate the intellectual content of an age.”

Art Age Form Literature Novel Intellectual

Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

About the Author

Born: November 6, 1880
Died: April 15, 1942
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 112

Books & Sources

the Man Without QualitiesRelated source material

Precision and Soul: Essays and AddressesRelated source material

The Man Without Qualities: Picador ClassicRelated source material

Posthumous Papers of a Living AuthorRelated source material

The Man Without Qualities: Volume IRelated source material

Five WomenRelated source material

The Confusions of Young TörlessRelated source material

Der Mann ohne EigenschaftenRelated source material

Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Erstes BuchRelated source material

Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings TörleßRelated source material

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