The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Bio: Erwin Stengel was a British psychiatrist. Born in Vienna, he studied medicine under Paul Schilder and Julius Wagner-Jauregg. With the Anschluss of 1938, he emigrated to England with Ernest Jones's assistance.
