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Egon Friedell
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Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 49
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 48
- Total plays
- 3,011
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 34,838x
- Criteria for assessing the trustworthiness of naturalistic inquiries
· 1981 · cited 2,723x
- But is it rigorous? Trustworthiness and authenticity in naturalistic evaluation
· 1986 · cited 2,271x
- IX. On the problem of the most efficient tests of statistical hypotheses
· 1933 · cited 1,997x
- TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
· 2019 · cited 1,910x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “It is the politician’s profession to invent facts.”
- “Many things no longer appear as “miracles” to us, if we decide to look at them through the eyes of practical physics.”
- “Strangely enough most people only do sensible things if they are ordered to.”
- “Extraordinary, and yet when we look in the mirror of a higher possibility it seems understandable, even self-evident.”
- “Your history has no age, and your age has no history.”
- “Hope and curiosity are the two big powers which force us to continue our existence in repulsive circumstances. It is exactly our not-knowing that is the thrusting power behind our most daring adventures, the constant source of our action. A man who has seen all the twists and turns of destiny and its complete unity no longer would have the courage to do anything about it. He who knows can’t act anymore.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Egon Friedell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Egon Friedell Friedell's home 1900–1938 in Gentzgasse 7, Währing, Vienna Egon Friedell (born Egon Friedmann; 21 January 1878, Vienna – 16 March 1938, Vienna) was a prominent Austrian cultural historian, playwright, actor and Kabarett performer, journalist and theatre critic. Friedell has been described as a polymath. Before 1916, he was also known by his pen name Egon Friedländer.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Egon Friedell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.