Re: Reading: Die Schere II

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Gary Kern wrote:
> 
> Dear Jüngerians:
> 
> A question or two about #5.
> 
> The line "lch finde, daß Er für einen Buckligen nicht schlecht geraten
> ist."
> Does the capitalized Er here not refer to the Creator, in which case the
> meaning is that God has done very well in making a hunchback?  The
> grammar seems to make Er the hunchback, but why would he be capitalized

Could this be a typo? It makes more sense, that the pastor finding the
hunchback so distasteful, will not answer his question directly, but
instead turns to someone else with his reply. It might be a little far
out, but I cannot construct a sentence with another meaning.

> Also the line:  "Weber meint, Bucklichte ersetzen meist durch Geist, was
> dem Körper abgeht oder zu viel aufgelegt ist<<, und er zählt eine Reihe
> von Genies auf, die dieses Kreuz trugen, darunter auch Lichtenberg."
> 
> Does "Bucklichte" here not mean the state or quality of being a
> hunchback--i.e., hunchbackedness?  So that the idea of coping with one's
> burden has wider application.

In My intitial reading, I was unable to find any reference to this word
"Bucklichte" and I have marked it as such in my notes. Well native
speakers?

Just my two cents.
Abdalbarr.