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.
