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  • It is from Fechner that Kafka came to understand the term Schwelle [threshold] in

    Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites 2007

  • Fechner's concept of Schwelle helped Kafka to grasp intellectually what he knew well from inner experience, that states of consciousness, mystical no less than other kinds, are related to one another in both a "gradual" and "sudden" sense.

    Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites 2007

  • Too many things had their own jargonized label: a world in the multiverse is a "cognate"; a portal to go between them is a "Schwelle"; the Seebecks aren't human, they are Vorpal homunculi; and I'm not even sure what is meant by referring to Aunt Tansy's bathroom as a "Nexus collection point".

    REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick 2005

  • The operation of the Schwelle windows was very cool.

    REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick 2005

  • Griechenland, das auf der Schwelle zum Bankrott balanciert, ist eines […] - @ Diskutieren Sie mit!

    NUEVA EUROPA- Nueva Eurabia Augusto 2010

  • Aber sie endet, wie das Bundesverfassungsgericht vor Jahren bereits feststellte, irgendwo an der Schwelle zu

    A New Dark Age Is Dawning 2009

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