…Your kind should not die out, my dear friend; the rest of us need people like you too much. How much I owe you: solace, understanding, stimulation in my loneliness, meaning to my life that I gained through you… …It is primarily through your example that intellectually I gained the strength to trust my judgment, even when I am left alone - though not by you - and, like you, to face with lofty humility all the difficulties that the future may bring. For all that, accept my humble thanks! I know that you do not need me as much as I need you, but I also know that I have a secure place in your affection… …The thought that both of us are occupied with the same work is the most enjoyable one I can concieve at present. I see how, via the detour of medical practice, you are reaching your first ideal of understanding human beings as a physiologist, just as I most secretly nourish the hope of arriving, via these same paths, at my initial goal of philosophy… …Πλάσματα, όπως εσύ, δεν π...