Re: Reading: Die Schere II

[John M Stroup <stroup@ruf.rice.edu>]

Can't comment on the terminology/dialect.  Is this perhaps a reference to
Kierkegaard?

On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Brown wrote:

> 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.
> 
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