[lbo-talk] RE: Wittgenstein

[Michael Dawson -PSU]

"Erklaeren" means "clarify."  That much, I know.  Of course, sometimes
clarification is a preface to fundamental revision.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] RE: Wittgenstein


> But he didn't clarify them; he rejected them.  He says that his new ideas
> could be understood properly only in opposition (durch den Gegensatz) to
> his old ones. (As Miles Jackson noted in his post, "Limits of Human
> Knowledge.")
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:
>
> > > "Vor vier Jahren aber hatte ich Veranlassung, mein erstes
Buch...wieder
> > > zu lesen und seine Gedanken zu erklären."
> >
> > Based on my semi-fluency, I'd have read this sentence as follows:
> >
> > "However, four years ago, I had reason to re-read my first book and
> > clarify its ideas."
>
>
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