>>1876834Keep in mind that he was German, so some of the complexity of this language can be blamed on the translator, as he can only do his best at translating this document into English, without losing the original meaning.
>The most extreme sharpness and depth of thought belongs to genuine mysticismIn this quote, hes saying that complex Thoughts are hard to express because you are constrained by the language you use, the comprehension of the reader, social standards, modern interpretaion of words, as well as a myriad of other factors, some known to man, most unknown. In order to express the most complex of thoughts, a story is required, which is where myths and legends come from.
>"... foundering [untergang]..."Here is an example of that concept, as English doesn't have the word "foundering", so the translator did his best to keep the original meaning, however only a German speaker will be able to truly understand this word/thought.
Although, by dumbing it down like this for brainlets like you, your understanding of the original thought will be biased by the language I used, and your interpretation of what I said (in addition to a myriad of other things, some known to man, most not known). We don't have brain to brain communication, only brain-mouth-ear-brain communication, and brain-hand-eye-brain communication.