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Duncan reiterates mystical process of “Assembly”\n\t\t260\tDuncan is questioned whether he thinks language precedes thought, or thought language\n\t\t280\tDuncan compares mental and physical states\n\t\t320\tDuncan falls into a long monologue about science, existence and other related matters\n\t\t366\tEnd side one\nTwo\t\t000\t\n\t\t003\tDuncan speaks\n\t\t027\t“Shakespeare has equality of souls”\n\t\t040\tDuncan reflects upon Darwin and evolution\n\t\t150\tDuncan recounts Nietzsche’s notion that we are struggling to become children\n\t\t170\tThe discussion focuses upon Jackson Pollock and the nature of the artist\n\t\t280\tDuncan elicits some notion about biological functions rooted to poetry and “life sense”\n\t\t340\tThe interviewer asks Duncan what poets he is reading at present\n\t\t360\tThe speakers recount how the present environment resembles the conditions of the 1950’s\n\t\t396\tEnd side two"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670554185236481,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.590Z","score":3.0190003}]