We ber ian ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁the ▁Frankfurt ▁School . ▁Before ▁leaving ▁for ▁Germany , ▁Par s ons ▁discussed ▁the ▁up coming ▁meeting ▁with ▁Rein hard ▁B end ix ▁and ▁commented , ▁" I ▁am ▁afraid ▁I ▁will ▁be ▁something ▁of ▁a ▁Daniel ▁in ▁the ▁Lion ' s ▁den ." ▁B end ix ▁wrote ▁back ▁and ▁told ▁Par s ons ▁that ▁Marc use ▁sound ed ▁very ▁much ▁like ▁Christoph ▁St eding , ▁a ▁Naz i ▁phil os opher . ▁ ▁Par s ons ▁conducted ▁a ▁persistent ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁noted ▁scholar ▁Benjamin ▁Nelson , ▁and ▁they ▁shared ▁a ▁common ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁rise ▁and ▁the ▁dest iny ▁of ▁civil izations ▁until ▁Nelson ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁The ▁two ▁sch ol ars ▁also ▁shared ▁a ▁common ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁We ber ▁and ▁would ▁generally ▁agree ▁on ▁the ▁main ▁interpret ative ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁We ber . ▁Nelson ▁had ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁We ber ▁Cent enn ial ▁in ▁Heidel berg . ▁ ▁O pp osition ▁to ▁Frankfurt ▁School ▁Nelson ▁got ▁into ▁a ▁violent ▁argument ▁with ▁Herbert ▁Marc use ▁and ▁accused ▁him ▁of ▁t arn ishing ▁We ber . ▁In ▁reading ▁the ▁written ▁version ▁of ▁Nelson ' s ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁We ber ▁Cent enn ial , ▁Par s ons ▁wrote , ▁" I ▁cannot ▁let ▁the ▁occasion ▁pass ▁without ▁a ▁word ▁of ▁con gr at ulations ▁which ▁is ▁strong ▁enough ▁so ▁that ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁concert ▁I ▁should ▁shout ▁bra vo ."