Monday, February 18:
R. works in the garden, Fidi sings Klingsor's motive, which pleases R. very much. Lovely sunshine. R. and I go for a walk in the palace gardens, but since it is very wet and muddy, we just walk in a circle on the green meadow beside the parade ground, thinking of the Elysian fields and of Achilles, who preferred being a laborer on earth to dwelling in bliss in the shades!
In the evening read Lichtenberg with much, much enjoyment. The aphorisms on philosophy and religion are splendid: he is a true forerunner of Schopenhauer.