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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian novelist and poet, known for her delicate emotions and profound insights. Her works are considered an important representative of European literature at the end of the 19th century. more

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“How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. Considering what the world is now with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on... man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive and has built a society along these lines.”