Ladislav Klíma

After expulsion from the school system in 1895 for allegedly insulting the State, the Church, and — out of what he described as "historical analphabetism"[1] — the Habsburgs, he lived alternately in Tyrol, Zürich, and Prague.

While only part of Klíma's work was published before his death, many manuscripts were edited posthumously, among which were his stories and letters.

This brings Klíma close to Nietzsche with his will to power liberating itself from the bounds of the bourgeois world and affirming itself.

Klíma's individuality lies not only in his conception of philosophy, but also in his attempt to conform to it in his personal life.

His autobiographical writings illustrate his attempts to grasp his own power and to shout his "Deus sum" ("I am God").