[lit-ideas] Re: Justice Scalia on privacy
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 21:59:30 +0000 (GMT)
> Quoting Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > WO: Russell, also in attendance at the meeting in the
> > library, is reported to have told W, in a languid
> > tone, "OK, kid, put the poker
> > down. I'll tell ya when to bring it out again."
> >
> >
> > This claim was falsified in the book,
> > _Wittgenstein's Polka_.
And Popper, when pressed by Wittgenstein for an example of a moral rule, didn't
say "Don't point pokers at visiting speakers!" He said, "Is that a poker in
your hand, Ludwig, or are you just pleased to see me?"
D
The concluding chapter of "W's Poker" is a farrago btw since its surmise is not
adequately justified by the contradictory material assembled
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