Food comes first, then morals.

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann die Moral,

Bertolt Brecht

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Moral relativism Moral principles Morality

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Macheath

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Threepenny Opera

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Die Dreigroschenoper [The Threepenny Opera]. 31 Aug. 1928, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany, act 2, sc. 6.

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Brecht, Bertolt. The Threepenny Opera. Grove Press, 1994, act 2, sc. 6.

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Proust, Marcel. Sodom and Gomorrah. Paris: Grasset/Gallimard, 1921-1922.

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Proust, Marcel. Sodom and Gomorrah, translated by John Sturrock. Penguin Classics, 2005.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Time
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Karl Von Clausewitz
Source
On War
Genre
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Language
German
Time
1833 1830s 19th century
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Clausewitz, Karl. Vom Kriege [On War]. Berlin: Ferdinand Dummler, 1832, ch. 1, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Clausewitz, Carl. On War, translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret. Everyman's Library, 1993, ch. 1, pt. 1.