text_original: If I understand anything at all about this great symbolist, it is this: that he regarded only subjective realities as realities, as "truths" —that he saw everything else, everything natural, temporal, spatial and historical, merely as signs, as materials for parables.
text_transcription: IF I UNDERSTAND ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT THIS GREAT SYMBOLIST IT IS THIS THAT HE REGARDED ONLY SUBJECTIVE REALITIES AS REALITIES AS TRUTHS THAT HE SAW EVERYTHING ELSE EVERYTHING NATURAL TEMPORAL SPECIAL AND HISTORICAL MERELY AS SIGNS AS MATERIALS FOR PARABLES
phonemes: ɪf aɪ ˌʌndɚstˈænd ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ æɾ ˈɔːl ɐbˌaʊt ðɪs ɡɹˈeɪt sˈɪmbəlˌɪst, ɪɾ ɪz ðˈɪs: ðæt hiː ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd ˈoʊnli sʌbdʒˈɛktɪv ɹɪˈælᵻɾiz æz ɹɪˈælᵻɾiz, æz "tɹˈuːθs" —ðæt hiː sˈɔː ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ ˈɛls, ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ nˈætʃɚɹəl, tˈɛmpɚɹəl, spˈeɪʃəl ænd hɪstˈɔːɹɪkəl, mˈɪɹli æz sˈaɪnz, æz mətˈɪɹiəlz fɔːɹ pˈæɹəbəlz.