Seventh Lecture
GA 171/1916-09-30/p029
·1916-09-30
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English
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> Wagner: I see nothing but a black poodle;
> It may well be an optical illusion for you.
> Faust: It seems to me that it magically draws silent loops
> Around our feet to bind us in the future.
> Wagner: I see him circling around us uncertainly and fearfully,
> because he sees two unknowns instead of his master.
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