A man has to be a bit mad [...]. That's the best thing abou… - Karel Čapek

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A man has to be a bit mad [...]. That's the best thing about him.

Karel Čapek

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virtue madness human-condition humanity

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About Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek (January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938) was a Czech author and playwright, who introduced and made popular the word robot as a word for artificial human beings, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920.

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Pen Names: K. Č. • B. Č. • Karel Plocek • Karel Vašek

Alternative Names: Karel Capek

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