...could be offered anywhere; he could furnish evidence that the period of his stay there had been used excellently for the enrichment of his knowledge, and...only really vital thing which expressed the purpose and value of human life; and so he sat in the midst of his walls, books and pictures, with no need...

...Freud analyzed in detail. 407 For Wilhelm Jensen's protagonist, a reclusive German archaeologist, old 'marble and bronze were not dead, but rather the only really vital thing'. Rejecting the present, 'he sat in the midst of his walls, books, and pictures, with no need of other...

...naturally to an ancient scholar for whom the present appeared "only in the most shadowy way," and for whom "marble and bronze were not dead, but rather the only really vital thing which expressed the purpose and value of human life." 4 ' The sudden, unprepared decision to travel led Hanold on a journey to...

...ancient scholar for whom the present appeared "only in the most shadowy way," and for whom "marhle and bronze were not dead, but rather the only really vital thing which expressed the purpose and value of human life." 4 The sudden, unprepared decision to travel led Hanold on a journey to Rome,...

...human emotions. "That beside these objects from the distant past, the present still existed around him, he felt only in the most shadowy way; for his...only really vital thing which expressed the purpose and value of human life" (1903,18-19). If we follow Freud and heuristically imagine Norbert Hanold...