A presentation of the work of the first President of Czechoslovakia who changed the course of history and influenced developments in Central Europe. The selections of his work follow his dramatic career and show him as a philosopher and a politician who inspired practical work and thinking.

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Plato and his advice; suicide and faith in God; Pascal and his dilemma; language and human spirit; philosphy and the sciences; "We want equal political rights"; Czechs and their awakening; Hus and Czech destiny; Havlicek and Czech politics; Palacky and Czech history; religion and modern philosophy; Marx and his mistakes; Schopenhauer and his anger; man and his ideals; democracy and revolution; Titanism and Russian literature; "Our people is free and independent"; new Europe; Czechoslovakia and the world; thought and life.