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Ladislav Klma

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Klma rejected the norms of contemporary Czech society
in both the way he lived and in what he wrote. Culture,
moral values and the world itself are all rejected and reality is subjected to the will of the individual. Much of
Klmas philosophy is expressed in World as Consciousness and Nothing (Svt jako vdom a nic, 1904). He
took ideas from his philosophical predecessors to the extreme and tried to incorporate them into his practical life.
For Berkeley, each object exists only because it is perceived, to be is to be perceived. Klma takes this a stage
further and suggests that the individual creates the world
with his own will. Where the highest achievement for
Schopenhauer is the man who denied his will, Klma conversely suggests that the realization of ones own will is
the primary achievement. This brings Klma close to
Nietzsche with his will to power liberating itself from
the bounds of the bourgeois world and arming itself.
Klmas individuality lies not only in his conception of
philosophy, but also in his attempt to conform to it in his
personal life. His autobiographical writings illustrate his
attempts to grasp his own power and to shout his Deus
sum (I am God). He tested his own deity in a life
without any money, and in non-conformism that rejected
all conventions, including a job. All this was to lead
Klma to control of self. However, Klma also had friends
and patrons who supported him in diculties. Utrpen
knete Sternenhocha (The Suerings of Prince Sternenhoch: Prague 1928) is his most famous novel. In a series
of journal entries, the book chronicles the descent into
madness of Prince Sternenhoch, who moves from the life
of a nobleman to a life lled with suering, eccentricity,
bouts of madness and self-torment. Having sunk to the
lowest level, he eventually attains an ultimate state of bliss
and salvation.

Ladislav Klma

Ladislav Klma (22 August 1878 19 April 1928), was


a Czech philosopher and novelist inuenced by George
Berkeley, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. His philosophy
is referred to varyingly as existentialism and subjective
idealism.

Life

Ladislav Klma was born in the town of Domalice in


western Bohemia. He came from a moderately wealthy
family. After expulsion from the school system in 1895
for allegedly insulting the State, the Church, and out
of what he described as historical analphabetism[1]
the Habsburgs, he lived alternately in Tyrol, Zurich, and
Prague. As part of his philosophy he only ever took
on short term work. For a time he also lived o occasional royalties from his publications and the periodic
generosity of his friends. While only part of Klmas
work was published before his death, many manuscripts
were edited posthumously, among which were his stories and letters. Many manuscripts he destroyed himself.
Klma spent the later part of his life living in a hotel, shining shoes for a living, drinking spirits and eating vermin.
Klma died of tuberculosis and is buried in Prague.[2]

3 Writings
Svt jako vdom a nic, Prague 1904 (The World as
Consciousness and Nothing)
Traktty a diktty, Prague 1922 (Tractates and Dictations)
Matj Poctiv, Prague 1922 (Matthew the Honest) a drama (written together with Arnot Dvok)
Vteina a vnost, Prague 1927 (A Second and Eternity)
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Utrpen knete Sternenhocha, Prague 1928, 2004
(The Suerings of Prince Sternenhoch)
Slavn Nemesis, Prague 1932, 2002 (Glorious Nemesis) - a novella and a collection of stories
Vlastn ivotopis losofa L.K., Prague 1937 (The Autobiography of the Philosopher L.K.)
Lidsk tragikomedie, rst published 1991 (The Human Tragicomedy) philosophical drama
Sebran spisy IV. - Velk roman; Torst, Prague 1996
(The Collected Works IV. - The Great Novel)
Putovn slepho hada za pravdou; Volvox Globator,
Prague 2003 (The Pilgrimage of a Blind Snake to the
Truth) - written originally in German together with
Franz Bhler
Sebran spisy I. - Mea; Torst, Prague 2005 (The Collected Works I. - Mea)
Sebran spisy II. - Hominibus; Torst, Prague 2006
(The Collected Works II. - Hominibus)

Notes

[1] Autobiography
[2] Gravesite of Ladislav Klma, BillionGraves.

References
The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers, London 1983

External links
Ladislav Klma at Twisted Spoon Press

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