John is right. There is no implication that it was a particular person to whom W explained the TLP. On the other hand it is unlikely that he would have taight it in a class. Someone more familiar with the details of his life might know better. However, and there is the point, unlikelike the acknowledgements to Sraffa nd Ramsey, here W is clearly (?) (insofar as he ever says anything clearly) saying that it was rereading and explaining the book to himself that was important, not so much the input of the other person. jks
--- John Mage <jmage at panix.com> wrote:
> "C. G. Estabrook" wrote:
>
> > I just looked at it. Only Ramsey and Sraffa are
> mentioned by name,
> > but he also writes, "Four years ago I had
> occasion to re-read my
> > first book and to explain its idea to someone."
> --CGE
>
> that's Miss Anscombe's great translation. the German
> is:
> "Vor vier Jahren aber hatte ich Veranlassung, mein
> erstes Buch...wieder
> zu lesen und seine Gedanken zu erklären." which as
> i read it could as
> well be to explain to many (say a seminar) as to
> one, but someone who
> knows more German than i do (that is, just about
> anyone who knows any
> German) might better understand.
>
> john mage
>
>
>
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