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    Who is the author and what is the title of the work hidden in the self-reflexive anagram: der Angelus Satanas?

    Question #76799. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Mar 06 07 2:04 AM)


    Flem-ish

    		Must be Agesilaus Santander
    http://www.kirchenbau.info/onlinetexte/engel.htm

    Mar 06 07, 2:19 AM
    lanfranco

    		The author was Walter Benjamin, and the text was published posthumously by Gershom Scholem, who also figured out the anagram:


    http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/lectures/hilldale/artshumanities/20022003Weber.htm

    Mar 06 07, 10:41 AM

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