One becomes a philosopher [...] by living among people who … - B. Traven

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One becomes a philosopher [...] by living among people who are not of his own race and who speak a different language [...] A trip to a Central American jungle to watch how Indians behave near a bridge won't make you see either the jungle or the bridge or the Indians if you believe that the civilization you were born into is the only one that counts. Go and look around with the idea that everything you learned in school and college is wrong.

B. Traven

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About B. Traven

(Bruno Traven in some accounts, born 23 February 1882 in Schwiebus, died 26 March 1969 in Mexico City) was the pen name of a presumably German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. One of the few certainties about Traven's life is that he lived for years in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set—including (1927). The film adaptation of the same name won three Academy Awards in 1948.

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Pen Names: Robert Bek-gran • Hal Croves • Ret Marut • Richard Maurhut • Traven Torsvan • Fred Gaudet • Fred Mareth • Bruno Marhut • Red Marut • Rex Marut • Robert Marut • Fred Maruth • Goetz Öhly • Anton Raderscheidt • Wilhelm Scheider • Jacob Torice • B. T. Torsvan • Berick Traven Torsvan • Traves Torsvan • Heinrich Otto Becker • Adolf Rudolf Feige • Herman Albert Otto Max Feige • Otto Feige • T. Torsvan • Otto Wienecke • Bruno Traven • Albert Otto Max Wienecke

Alternative Names: Torsvan • Berick Torsvan • Bernhard Traven Torsvan • Torsvan Croves • Traven

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