[C] [Wittrs] Re: Wittgenstein and last names
- From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:42:19 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sean Wilson <whoooo26505@...> wrote:
> .. does anyone know why Wittgenstein always seemed to address people by their
> last names? I'm not refering to people he is most intimate with, but just in
> general. Other professors. Students. People he knew. He always seemed to
> refer to people as "r-r-r-Hussle" (Russell), Sraffa, Moore, etc. I assumed he
> did this when directly talking to them as well. Is this just a personality
> thing or is it something other Austrians would do?
I think many Brits would have done the same thing in that era.
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