František Albert

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František Albert

František Albert (born April 29, 1856 in Žamberk , † July 22, 1923 in Potštejn ) was a Czech doctor, storyteller, journalist and translator.

Life

In 1884 he passed his medical examination at the University of Innsbruck and opened a practice in Kostelec nad Orlicí .

person

Like his world-famous brother and surgeon Eduard Albert, František Albert was a representative of realism . His interests were in literature, the natural sciences, psychology and philosophy. His opinion changed after the First World War, about which he wrote: “For thinking humanity, the world war means a catastrophe for the international capitalist system, the victorious Russian revolution, born in its ruins, means not only the shifting of power from the hands of capital into that of the working class, but also the absolute reversal of the entire opinion about man, human society and the relationship between mankind and nature, in short what is called world opinion ”( Rudé právo , 1920).

He expanded his original criticism of the Austrian monarchy into criticism of the Czech post-war generation. He dealt with the abuse of the Czechoslovak legions and the truth about the Soviet Union . His scientific materialism expanded to include historical. He dealt with Immanuel Kant and based religious morality on sources from the Hussite movement . With his Marxist- oriented values, he joined the social democratic left in 1921 and was one of the co-founders of the communist party KSČ .

Works

Albert wrote for various magazines such as Besedy Času, Čas, Česká stráž, Národní listy , Osvěta lidu, Právo lidu, Rudé právo, Pochodeň and Komunista. He has translated works by Robert Green Ingersoll and Charles De Coster, among others .

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SURNAME Albert, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech doctor, storyteller, journalist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Žamberk
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1923
Place of death Potštejn