Postby Salivia_Baker » November 29th, 2010 10:36 am
"In Germany philosophical ideas influenced poetry rather then political ideas."
It means that philosophical ideas have more influence then political ideas. The basic sentence is: In Deutschland beeinflussten philosophische Ideen die Dichtung. (In Germany philosophical ideas influenced poetry). With the , weniger politische between philosophische and Ideen you give an alternative (political ideas that could influenced poetry) and at the same time say that they aren't as important (with the weniger).
I hope it's clearer now.
"German is basically a Lego language - just take word blocks like Welt and Schmerz, smash them together, and you've got some real Weltschmerz. It may sound painful, but it can be practical." - Dan Hamilton