would have been annoyed that I discovered this before I knew about his philosophy … .” [909W-{3/29/78} CD Vol. II, p. 52]
[910W-{4/7/78}CD Vol. II, p. 59]
[P. 59] {FEUER} “ ‘I did not need the hypothesis of Christianity, ‘ he adds after a while, ‘as Laplace did not need the hypothesis of God, to express the negation of the will in the ‘Ring.’ “[910W-{4/7/78}CD Vol. II, p. 59]
[911W-{4/25/78}CD Vol. II, p. 65]
[P. 65] {anti-FEUER/NIET} “At noon arrival of a new book by friend Nietzsche [presumably Human – All Too Human] – feelings of apprehension after a short glance through it; R. feels he would be doing the author a favor, for which the latter would one day thank him, if he did not read it. It seems to me to contain much inner rage and sullenness, and R. laughs heartily when I say that Voltaire, here so acclaimed, would less than any other man have understood ‘The Birth of Tragedy.’ “ [911W-{4/25/78}CD Vol. II, p. 65]
[912W-{4/29/78}CD Vol. II, p. 67]
[P. 67] “How little words contributed to the drama, he told us recently, he saw from the fact that in London he had understood hardly any of Jefferson’s words but had been able to follow everything, had not been bored for an instant. ‘It’s characters one wants, not speeches.’ “[912W-{4/29/78}CD Vol. II, p. 67]
[913W-{5/30/78}CD Vol. II, P. 80]
[P. 80] {anti-FEUER/NIET} “Over coffee he comes back to Prof. Nietzsche and his book, which seems to him so insignificant, whereas the feelings which gave rise to it are so evil.” [913W-{5/30/78}CD Vol. II, P. 80]
[914W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, P. 84]
[P. 84] {SCHOP} {anti-FEUER} “Cheerful breakfast, with memories of Sch.’s letters. R. says: ‘I appear quite early on. Kossak turned him against me by applying his philosophy against my principles, and on top of that my democratic outlook.’ I: ‘And the dedication to Feuerbach.’ – R.: ‘That never meant anything to me, or led me astray.’ “ [914W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, P. 84]
[915W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, P. 84]
[P. 84] {FEUER} “At lunch on Sunday R. again praised ‘La Juive’ highly; then he spoke about Schumann and said, ‘No dedicated artist or poet goes mad, and it is no credit to Kleist that he committed suicide, for it is precisely this which marks out the artist – that through all torments he retains the serene capacity to observe.’ “ [915W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, P. 84]
