[Fwd: Re: book: wittgenstein's poker]

[Luke Weiger]

Jim wrote:
> Why not?  Russell, Wittgenstein, and A.J. Ayer were all excellent writers
> who could craft beautiful prose.
>
> Jim F.

Ayer writes with great clarity, but I wouldn't say his prose possesses an
overabundance of charm or beauty.  Middling literary criticism is more
attractive to my eyes than anything crafted by an analytic philosopher.
Perhaps that's a personal predilection.

-- Luke