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Hätte er es gekonnt, so hätte er gesagt: Ja, solange ich in mir bleibe, solange kann ich diese Marsbewohner nicht verstehen; in dem Augenblick aber, wo ich außer mich gehe und ein Objekt, ein Gedanke, eine Idee der Angeloi werde, da verstehe ich in meinem erweiterten Selbst die Angeloi und die Kategorie der Marsbewohner. - Und dann wäre in seinem Bewußtsein das Verständnis aufgetreten, das die Angeloi von dem Wesen dieser Marsbewohner gehabt haben. Dazu konnte er sich nicht aufschwingen, weil er immer in seinem Bewußtsein drinnen blieb und nicht bis dahin kam, angeschaut zu werden, das heißt, so angeschaut zu werden, daß die Angeloi in ihm ihr Anschauen erleben und er nur das Blickfeld wird für die Angeloi. 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