Multatuli
(Link to Multatuli)
English:
Multatuli was the alias of Eduard
Douwes Dekker, a Dutch philosopher, writer,
atheist and social reformer who
lived from 1820-1887.
He
wrote an amazingly beautiful Dutch, had many
interesting ideas, and was one of the few true
geniuses writing in Dutch.
If
you do not read Dutch, there is a
translation of "Max Havelaar" by Multatuli
in Penguin Classics,
while a considerable amount of his work that he
published himself has been translated into German.
Of
the "Max Havelaar" - a classic attack on
Dutch colonialism, first published in 1860,
and mostly autobiographical -
there are many translations in many languages,
including French and Korean.
He wrote 7 volumes of Ideas
("Ideen"),
that include many philosophical ideas, all of which
are on my site, with my comments, all in Dutch.
Dutch/Nederlands:
De integrale tekst van
Multatuli's 7 delen "Ideen"
staan op de site en zijn voorzien van mijn
uitgebreide kommentaren.
