[MD] Bitterkeit und Besskeiten

[MarshaV]

H Mark,

I've ordered 'Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius' by
Ray Monk.

Marsha




On May 13, 2011, at 5:35 PM, 118 wrote:

> What about Wiki?  That seems to be the Bible of many.
> Mark
> 
> On Friday, May 13, 2011, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ron,
>> 
>> I've only read a limited amount on what he might have meant, accompanied
>> by some very interesting quotes.  He was describe as a skeptic, and one
>> interested in the limitations of language.  His name has been mentioned with
>> that of Sextus Empiricus.  I am looking for a book, a good introduction, to
>> his philosophical ideas.  If someone could suggest one for a wiggly to read,
>> I would be appreciative.
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
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>> On May 13, 2011, at 8:47 AM, X Acto wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, language is a means to an end, .....understanding.
>>> 
>>> a useful tool.
>>> 
>>> An explanation.
>>> 
>>> I dont think he meant all language shoud be thrown away
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: MarshaV <valkyr at att.net>
>>> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>>> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 8:23:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MD] Bitterkeit und Besskeiten
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally
>>> recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on them,
>>> over them. (He must so to speak throw away the ladder, after he has climbed up
>>> on it.)"
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     (Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 'Tractatus Logico-Philosphophicus', 6.54)
>>> 
>>> 
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