Comments on: Stefan Zweig liked to play an interesting game https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 13 May 2026 19:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Greg Clark https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3313136 Greg Clark Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:08:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3313136 More imaginative than my practice of going to a grocery store to get a feel for what people eat and how they live.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311815 Harry Jones Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:13:19 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311815 It’s impossible to be a citizen of the world because the world is not a nation. It’s nothing more than the surface of the third planet from the Sun.

]]> By: Altitude Zero https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311640 Altitude Zero Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:48:47 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311640 Zweig was a fine writer,and an interesting person, but it’s really no wonder that he committed suicide. That “Citizen of the World” crap never works out, everybody needs a home. Zweig even rejected the idea of a Jewish state, of any kind, it seems. It’s remarkable how hatred of nationalism can so easily turn into hatred of self, for obvious reasons.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311631 Harry Jones Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:27:10 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311631 Learning that Zweig died by suicide colors my view of him. But still, I have no problem with him “treating natives that way.” Anyone’s life can come crashing down without much warning. By trying to prepare for the possibility, he shows much more awareness than the typical privileged/sheltered person.

He treated poverty as a potential enemy planning a sneak attack – which is exactly what poverty is, by the way. He infiltrated its territory to gather intel. What’s wrong with that?

Anyway, far better than Epictetus.

]]> By: Chedolf https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311625 Chedolf Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:32:48 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311625 Zweig’s atomic-strength neuroticism and self-absorption led me to check his Wiki bio’s early life section to confirm a suspicion, and I was not disappointed.

Imagine being a wealthy tourist who wanders from country to country treating natives that way, and then expressing pride after you extract the desired affirmation.

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311047 David Foster Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:01:51 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311047 I thought his novel The Post-Office Girl was excellent…I reviewed it here:

https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/25564.html

]]> By: Russell https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311027 Russell Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:16:34 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311027 His book The World Of Yesterday is an amazing look at the interwar period.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311022 Harry Jones Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:29:53 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311022 I’ve had a low opinion of stoicism since reading Epictetus. Maybe I should give the others a shot.

]]> By: A Wild Goose https://www.isegoria.net/2020/12/stefan-zweig-liked-to-play-an-interesting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3311000 A Wild Goose Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:50:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47314#comment-3311000 These thinkers have probably influenced the dissidents that are arguing we should downsize, or even, “pre-collapse,” our current lifestyles to prepare for what is coming.

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