12. Sonntag; schön.
© Transcription Marko Deisinger. |
12 Sunday; nice.
— To Mittler (postcard): ask him for a visit on Friday. — Obituaries for Altenberg: eulogy from K. Kraus in the Arbeiter Zeitung; 1 Auernheimer in the Neue Freie Presse ; 2 Friedell in the Neues Wiener Journal . 3 — Nietzsche: "Eternal recurrence". 4 —© Translation Scott Witmer. |
12. Sonntag; schön.
© Transcription Marko Deisinger. |
12 Sunday; nice.
— To Mittler (postcard): ask him for a visit on Friday. — Obituaries for Altenberg: eulogy from K. Kraus in the Arbeiter Zeitung; 1 Auernheimer in the Neue Freie Presse ; 2 Friedell in the Neues Wiener Journal . 3 — Nietzsche: "Eternal recurrence". 4 —© Translation Scott Witmer. |
Footnotes1 "Peter Altenbergs Begräbnis," in: Arbeiter-Zeitung , No. 11, January 12, 1919, 31st year, p. 9. Part of Karl Kraus's eulogy is printed in this article. 2 "Feuilleton. Peter Altenberg von Raoul Auernheimer," in: Neue Freie Presse , No. 19533, January 11, 1919, morning edition, pp. 1–3. 3 "Peter Altenberg. Von Egon Friedell," in: Neues Wiener Journal , No. 9049, January 12, 1919, 27th year, p. 6. 4 "Eternal recurrence": an intellectual concept in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, according to which accepting the thought that all events repeat themselves ad infinitum forms the basis of the highest affirmation of life. The interpretation of this thought, which is central especially to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, is widely debated problem in the philosophical reception of Nietzsche. |