Max Frisch Quotes


The machine has no feelings, it feels no fear and no hope ... it operates according to the pure logic of probability. For this reason I assert that the robot perceives more accurately than man.


Citations

Frisch, Max. Homo Faber: A Report. Translated by Michael Bullock, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1959, p. 74.

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We know now that a number of animals other than humans both reason AND have feeings. Octopus, elephant, crows are just 3 species other than the monkeys and apes. In 1913, this was not realized.


Max Frisch
Max Frisch
  • Born: May 15, 1911
  • Died: April 4, 1991
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Architect, Novelist, Playwright, Philosopher

Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1986.