#Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern

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"Greed is cruelty against human-beings in need, luxuria aswell."

"Die Himmelrühmen des Ewigen Ehre, der Schall pflanzt seinen Namen fort."

"Real glory is fame in front of God, not in front of sons of men."

"The real calmness of mind is virtue and modesty."

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, published and printed 1790 by Thomas von Trattern. This edition is a collection of selected letters, several wormholes are decorating this book.

Presenting Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - Moral philosopher, poet of Enlightment, narrator of fables and valued for his clear and prosaic style. The first time I read from him in praisings of my beloved Wieland & Lessing and later read of the correspondence with C. K. Schlegel. In the Transition Epoch of so many wonderful genre of literature, Gellert is one of the most read writers.

The printing procedure is also very interesting and highlighting the problems of censorship in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation at that time. Throughout human history books were be banned, because of (political) content.

In Habsburg Royal Hungary Thomas von Trattern could not only elude censorship, but also print cost-effective, so that even famous poets and writers (Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Lessing, Wieland, Gellert ...) could be re-printed and were therefore more accessable to the public.

The current legal situation in Austria allowed a freer form of expression, but Thomas von Trattern saw himself walled in hostility by German printing offices, especially by Grant Printers of Leipzig (cf. Philipp Erasmus Reich).

It is a huge luck that so many great books survived censorship and withstand over different political systems. It is hard enough, that so many works are lost or just passed on in extract... After prayers, books are my favourite medium of conversation.

It gives me the strenght to survive the life, words are soothing balm, I lacked consulation throughout my childhood. I am so thankfull, that I can read and escape from physical circumstances and transcend into eternal fields.

"Der, den der Tod nicht weiser macht, hat nie ihm Ernst an ihn gedacht."