Schopenhauer is now to be hung; R. told me on an earlier occasion that his late friend Hermann Franck[1] had said to him: “Either Germany will become something, or it will not; but if it does, the philosophy of Schopenhauer will be taught in the universities.”
More and more trickery from Messrs. Voltz & Batz — the former charges R. 2 florins per bottle of wine, of which Feustel pays for 42 ! etc….
Made the acquaintance of Count Giech[2] in the evening at Major Schäfer’s house. R. speaks of the significance that the aristocracy could still have for art and for life in general.
Thurnau Castle
The seat of the Counts of Giech.
[1] see note on February 23, 1869
[2] Count Karl Gottfried von Giech (born 1847) from Thurnau near Bayreuth.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.