Günther Anders
German-Austrian philosopher (1902–1992)
Günther Anders (born Günther Siegmund Stern; Breslau, 12 July 1902 – Vienna, 17 December 1992) was a German philosopher, journalist, essayist and poet.
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Quotes
edit- Die Macht einer Weltanschauung bewährt sich ja nicht durch die Antworten, die sie zu geben weiß, sondern durch die Fragen, die sie abzudrosseln versteht.
- The power of an ideology is not only measured by the answers it can provide but by the questions that it is able to suppress.
- Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen: über die Seele im Zeitalter der zweiten industriellen Revolution (1956), Volume 1, p. 349. The Outdatedness of Human Beings as quoted in english by Paul Virilio, Bertrand Richard in The Administration of Fear (2012), p. 42.
- The power of an ideology is not only measured by the answers it can provide but by the questions that it is able to suppress.