| Joseph Conrad 3. Dezember 1857 Berdyczów bei Schytomyr, Ukraine – 3. August 1924 Bishopsbourne nahe Canterbury, England 
Joseph Conrad |
| “My task which I am trying to achieve is, by
the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel — it is,
before all, to make you see. That — and no more, and it is everything. If
I succeed, you shall find there according to your deserts: encouragement,
consolation, fear, charm — all you demand; and, perhaps, also that glimpse
of truth for which you have forgotten to ask.” Vorwort zu The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897) |
| Maurice Evan Hare 1886 – 1967, englischer Schriftsteller Nicht verwechseln mit Maurice Evans (1901 – 1989), englischer Shakespeare Darsteller |
| Limerick zu Determinismus / Willensfreiheit (1905) in zwei Varianten | |
| There once was a man who said,
»Damn, It has borne in on me that I am A creature that moves In predestinate grooves; Not even a bus, but a tram!« |
There once was a man who said,
»Damn! It is borne in upon me I am An engine that moves In predestinate grooves, I'm not even a bus, I'm a tram.« |
| Varianten zur Zeile 2: "At last I
perceive what I am" / "I have recently learned that I am" / "I learn with regret that I am", von Bertrand Russell zitiert in Human Knowledge, S. 333,
Rezension |
| Limerick von Ronald A. Knox zum
Idealismus Berkeleys |
| Cyril Northcote Parkinson 30. Juli 1909 Barnard Castle, County Durham– 9. März 1993 Canterbury; britischer Historiker und Publizist. Entdecker der nach ihm benannten Parkinsonschen Gesetze |
| "In jeder Organisation gibt es
eine Person, die Bescheid weiß. Diese Person muß entdeckt und gefeuert werden, sonst kann die Organisation nicht funktionieren." |
| Jonathan Swift 30. November 1667 Dublin, Irland – 19. Oktober 1745 Dublin, Irland –  Wikipedia |
| “It is impossible to reason someone out of something
that he did not reason himself into in the first place.”
Für Quellenhinweise bin ich dankbar |
© by Herbert Huber, Am Fröschlanger 15, 83512 Wasserburg, Germany, 26.8.2009