The phenomenologists are in each others way today.
They cough, drop pencils.
"You question, which is an excellent question..."
They smile.
"Crucial."
They point a finger.
"Very crucial."
Affection hovers.
"But you, you know that text very well...."
Chairs scrape.
"My interpretation is fourfold..."
"Twofold...."
"On the way to..."
"I would like to say, ja, just the opposite...."
"You could?"
A door slams.
"You can, but it's wrong."
Laughter.
"Our understanding of it must come from..."
"From art..."
"Ahistorically..."
"From the Spiegel interview..."
Papers fall.
"Could we ask you to translate?"
"I would say, the Geschichte of Geschichte...."
A woman asks for matches.
"Not tragic...."
"A sort of phenomenological pastoral..."
"Heidegger, ja, liked farmers very much...."

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