[lit-ideas] Bush on "a third world" -- and Popper

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:29:13 EDT

 
 
In a message dated 10/9/2004 4:00:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
And what  my worry is is that, you know, it looks like it's from Canada, and 
it
might  be from a third world. 


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That's interesting.
 
As far as I know, Sir Karl, however, never qualified _der dritte welt_ (the  
third world) with an indefinite ("_einer dritte welt"). So, in this sense, 
Bush  is being more Popperian than Popper (himself).

Cheers,
 
JL
 

 


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