On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:25:50 -0800 "Luke Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu>
writes:
> > ("That whereof we cannot speak, we
> > must remain silent"; it's beautiful in German: Wovon man nicht
> schrechen
> > kann, darueber muss man schweigen.")
>
> In one of the odder coincidences I've encountered in a while, my
> former
> German instructor quoted this in class an hour after I'd read it in
> my
> mailbox. He happened to be subbing for my current GSI. Odd: I
> never
> thought an analytic philosopher would be known for the beauty of his
> prose.
Why not? Russell, Wittgenstein, and A.J. Ayer were all excellent writers who could craft beautiful prose.
Jim F.
>
> -- Luke
>
>
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