Various errands for R. and me. A visit from Count Hohenthal-Buchau. R. begins Görres’s “Mysticism”[1] without much enjoyment; he continually returns to the necessity for Germans to be familiar with Schopenhauer. In the afternoon, I drive with the Count to the theatre; in the evening, he joins us for tea, along with Mr Unger — could he be the Siegfried?? …
[1] “Die christliche Mystik (The Christian Mysticism), 4 volumes, 1836-42, by Joseph Görres (1776-1848), German publicist, scholar, and mythologist of the Romantic period, influenced by Catholic mysticism.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.