Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:06:17 -0600
Subject: Re: Gadamer


>  >And I recently read that Gadamer, who unfortunately is still the best
>>known pupil of Heidegger, called Husserl the fine watchmaker of
>>his thoughts, and Heidegger the constructing engineer of his.
>>(and himself only a teacher)
>
>So when i sent this, he was just overhauled by a stronger predicate.
>Yesterday on German tv, a recent recording:
>
>"I have always been a teacher, and all my life I have given. That's enough
>immortality for me. And I don't think another one is needed."
>
>I had the pleasure, to be in his company one evening (night), after a long
>day of addresses. At 3.00 in the morning, he said: "Well gentlemen, let's
>have one more bottle."

Rene,

I want to think and write about your other posts, but now I am also
in the mood for some Gadamer reminiscience, self serving and romanticized
though such exercises may be.

I visited Gadamer in 1995 with a friend from Frankfurt.  Gadamer had 
expressed interest
in the ms. of SS 1924 which we were studying at the Marcuse Archiv, 
and so invited us to come to Heidelberg.

His study faces a large oval shaped "picture window," and the late 
afternoon sun was
shining through quite brightly.  Gadamer  said his eyes watered a lot, and it
seemed the warmth of the sun soothed them.

We were talking about
Heidegger as teacher, and I said I thought he might enjoy hearing my 
friend read from the
first lecture. As Jochen began to read, Gadamer closed his eyes, and
turned his chair directly toward the sun.  At certain words, he 
smiled.  After a while, the smile just remained.  I watched him 
listening to Heidegger's words.  The sun flooded the room.
The time of the words seemed to come again.

Allen


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  Allen Scult					Dept. of Philosophy
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