Egon Gál (1940) is a Slovak philosopher. A chemistry graduate, he switched to philosophy after 1989 and has taught in various departments of Bratislava’s Comenius University. He was interviewed by ...

By Nina Siegal On Oct. 27, 1918, Egon Schiele sketched his wife, Edith, pregnant and feverish in bed. She died from influenza the next day. He died three days later. Edith, 25, and Egon Schiele ...