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9.
Almost all day in the sun. Morning landing in Corunna, afternoon in Vigo, bay
enclosed by hilly islands with picturesque, terraced-type hamlet. (Afternoon con-
versation about logic.) Resplendent colors and sunset in Vigo unforgettable. The
sun of the south is intoxicating.
This morning, conversation with panther cat. Honest, impertinent, vain, in that
only female.
11.
Yesterday with Jesinghaus and
Sievers[11]
expedition through Lisbon. The im-
pression it makes is ragged but likable. Life seems to play out casually, well-mean-
ingly, without hurry or even a goal. Everywhere, one becomes conscious of ancient
culture. Grace. Fishmongeress photographed with fish platter on her head, proud,
impish gesture. Visit up to castle with imposing view onto city and
harbor.[12]
Then
in car to nearby monastery by the
sea.[13]
Very playful late Gothic. Expansively
projecting elliptical vault with palm-like appearance and upper radial spread like
the crown of a palm tree. Wonderful cloisters in two stories. Comical fountain lion.
Then back on board ship. This ragged country instills in me a kind of yearning.
Today already properly hot with overcast skies.
12.
In the morning already so hot (with quite clear skies) that one doesn’t feel
whether cabin window is open. Am reading Meyerson. Full of wit but unfair insofar
as the escapades by Weyl and Eddington are considered essential parts of the theory
of relativity. That’s how he arrives at the comparison with
Hegelianism.[14]
I proved
yesterday that given fixed light cones and electron orbits (of all ) with defined
coordinates, absolutely no change in the field is possible, if one derives the equa-
tions for the electron orbits from the extremal property of
[15]
Steamed alongside Tenerife. Peak in glowing sunlight. Wonderful illumination
of the steep green heights.
13.
Lunch with panther cat and captain. Much humor and earnestness, too. Jewess
and east German, both solid exemplars. It lasted three hours. Began to read Koi-
gen’s book.[16] Strange maneuvering with abstract concepts that for people of the
East surely also have emotional content. Less than 20° northern latitude at quite
cool temperature and strong breeze.
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