Talk:Politics as a Vocation

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Speaking from notes

The current text of the article says, "Weber gave the speech based on handwritten notes which were transcribed by a stenographer." I think this is a misunderstanding; the German complete works edition (Gesamtausgabe) reproduces his notes, which are extremely sparse--just occasional keywords or phrases. Entire pages of the printed talk were spoken freely in response to just one or a few words of notes. In another source that I promise to track down as soon as I can, there is said to have been a stenographer sitting behind the curtain as Weber gave the speech--after which he reviewed the typed-up version, but made only necessary corrections, not any thorough revision of the text. It's astonishing that he could deliver these talks in that manner. (The earlier companion speech "Wissenschaft als Beruf" is said to have been delivered the same way, but in that case his handwritten notes haven't survived.) DSatz (talk) 18:23, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]