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Felix Weltsch (6 October 1884, Prague – 9 November 1964, Jerusalem) was a German-speaking Jewish librarian, philosopher, author, editor, publisher and journalist. A close friend of Max Brod , Ludwig Winder and Franz Kafka , he was one of the most important Zionists in Bohemia .
Felix Weltsch, Dr. jur. u. phil., war ein böhmisch-israelischer Journalist, Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Bibliothekar.
(1884–1964), philosopher and journalist. Born in Prague, Felix Weltsch obtained doctorates in both law and philosophy, and in his books concentrated on social philosophy and political ethics.
Jan 27, 2017 · From 1919 and until his last days in the spring of 1939, Felix Weltsch was also the chief editor of the Zionist newspaper published in Bohemia, Selbstwehr (“self-defense”).
An important work on this topic is Felix Weltsch’s Religion und Humor in Leben und Werk Kafkas (Berlin: Herbig, 1957). Weltsch, who knew Kafka personally, stresses the importance of humor in understanding Kafka’s work.
- Dimitris Vardoulakis
- 2011
Felix Weltsch on Baruch Spinoza. by Felix Weltsch Three hundred years ago, in 1656, the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam proclaimed: “In accordance with the judgment of the angels and the decision of the elders, and with the consent of God and this holy community, we hereby excommunicate, expel, curse, and anathematize Baruch de ...
Philosopher and journalist, doctor of law and philosophy. A fellow-pupil of Brod’s at the Piarist elementary school, he then attended the German high school in the Old Town where he was one grade below Kafka’s. He met Brod and Kafka again when they were studying law at the Prague German University.
