Morality and performance

I have summarized my writings on László Németh and József Béres in this volume. The title of the book explains itself: extraordinary performance, incredible, almost not this worldly attitude, morality. Absolute quality in both respects, let’s face it, it’s not common, not to mention knowing we know the two are rarely paired and they don’t even condition each other: there are examples of this, there are; and, of course, it is primarily the Work, the Work that matters. For them, life is part of the oeuvre: preserving self-esteem, helping individuals, a narrower or wider community, serving the man of the spirit - let's not be afraid of the term - for the benefit of the nation, the Hungarians. They were truly revolutionaries of quality, morality and ethos on the one hand, work and task on the other. Németh is an example man as a writer and thinker, and József Béres as a scientist. Recipes of life were once given in the crossfire of unworthy debates and attacks, and although the storms have subsided today: for a fuller understanding of them, this book can help in preserving the present (and therefore the future). (László Kaiser)