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Robert Musil

Robert Musil

Born 1880 · Died 1942

From St. Ruprecht, Carinthia, Austria · Nationality: Austria · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

Robert Musil (* 6. November 1880 in St. Ruprecht bei Klagenfurt; † 15.

Quotes

  • “Mathematics is the bold luxury of pure reason, one of the few that remain today.”
    “Mathematical man”, p. 41
  • “Die Wahrheit liegt bei einem solchen Gegenstand nicht in der Mitte, sondern rundherum wie ein Sack, der mit jeder neuen Meinung, die man hineinstopft, seine Form ändert, aber immer fester wird!”
    Helpless Europe
  • “For what do we do on the Last Day, when the works of humankind are weighted, with three treatises on formic acid, or even thirty?”
    The Man Without Qualities

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Robert Musil in order

Books by Robert Musil in the order they were published, from Young Törless (1906) to Les Désarrois de l'élève Torless (2021).

  1. 1Young TörlessYoung Törless1906
  2. 2Drei FrauenDrei Frauen1924
  3. 3Gesammelte WerkeGesammelte Werke1930
  4. 4Las tribulaciones del estudiante TörlessLas tribulaciones del estudiante Törless2003
  5. 5Confusions of Young Master TörlessConfusions of Young Master Törless2013
  6. 6FlypaperFlypaper2013
  7. 7VereinigungenVereinigungen2013
  8. 8UnionsUnions2019
  9. 9Les Désarrois de l'élève TorlessLes Désarrois de l'élève Torless2021
  10. 10A Sort of IntroductionA Sort of Introduction
  11. 11Diaries, 1899-1941Diaries, 1899-1941
  12. 12Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings TörleßDie Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß
  13. 13Five WomenFive Women
  14. 14Homme Sans Qualites (L') T. 2Homme Sans Qualites (L') T. 2
  15. 15Man Without QualitiesMan Without Qualities
  16. 16On Mach's TheoriesOn Mach's Theories
  17. 17Posthumous Papers of a Living AuthorPosthumous Papers of a Living Author
  18. 18Precision and SoulPrecision and Soul
  19. 19The Confusions of Young TorlessThe Confusions of Young Torless
  20. 20The Like of It Now HappensThe Like of It Now Happens
  21. 21Tonka, and Other StoriesTonka, and Other Stories
  22. 22Utopie KakanienUtopie Kakanien

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