[916W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, p. 85]
[P. 85] {FEUER} R. sees a resemblance between Wotan and Kundry; both long for salvation and both rebel against it, Kundry in the scene with P., Wotan with Siegfried.” [916W-{6/4/78}CD Vol. II, p. 85]
[917W-{6/11/78}CD Vol. II, p. 91-92]
[P. 91] {anti-FEUER/NIET} “Conversation about the Schopenhauer letters, … R. deploring the mistaken ideas about the dissemination of his philosophy; R. … says: these donkeys who don’t believe in God and who think such figures as Jesus or a great creative genius move according to the ordinary processes of nature! They cannot understand that what prevails here is a special urge, a noble need which in the end produces something good. But one mustn’t think in this connection of the old Jewish God.
(…)
[P. 92] Then he reads … some fine pages in Renan about the unification of Jesus with God. R. develops this subject further … , calling this God who dwells within us ‘the inborn antidote to the will’ … .” [917W-{6/11/78}CD Vol. II, p. 91-92]
[918W-{6/12/78}CD Vol. II, p. 92]
[P. 92] {anti-FEUER} {SCHOP} “He believes … Christianity could be preached to the world with renewed purity and truth; all the material for its elucidation can be found in Schopenhauer.” [918W-{6/12/78}CD Vol. II, p. 92]
[919W-{6/24/78}CD Vol. II, p. 100]
[P. 100] {anti-FEUER/NIET} “R. reads some of Nietzsche’s latest book and is astonished by its pretentious ordinariness. (…) … I remark that to judge by this book N’s earlier ones were just reflections of something else, they did not come from within … .” [919W-{6/24/78}CD Vol. II, p. 100]
[920W-{6/25/78}CD Vol. II, p. 101]
[P. 101] {FEUER} “(Over coffee in the summerhouse R. quotes ‘Nimm den Eid’ (‘Take my oath’) and recalls the feeling of satisfaction which then imbues Fricka with dignity; no one, he says, has ever said a word to him about Wotan’s inner resolve, and how this is brought about by his having to acknowledge that everything is his own work, all are his creatures, and he can no longer deceive himself about it.)” [920W-{6/25/78}CD Vol. II, p. 101]
[921W-{6/27/78}CD Vol. II, p. 103]
[P. 103] {anti-FEUER/NIET} “N.’s book provokes R. into saying playfully, ‘Oh, art and religion are just what is left in human beings of the monkey’s tail, the remains of an ancient culture!’ (…) ‘Actually,’ R. adds with a laugh, ‘genius is simply envy.’ “ [921W-{6/27/78}CD Vol. II, p. 103]
