[lit-ideas] Re: Philosophical Investigations online
- From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:11:21 -0400
Phil quotes Wheeler, who says that Jacques and Ludwig, "both agree that
there isn't a something else that determines how language is true,
necessary, or meaningful."
Lack of respect for dictionaries is symptomatic of twentieth century
philosophers, especially those whose acutely-developed analytic
faculties bar them from writing good poetry or working on a well-crafted
story.
Shackled by their erudition and acuity, they fail to see how just the
right word, in just the right context, can allow a literary construction
to break loose its fire and light. They are too smart for that. Being
too smart for ambiguity and the murky imprecision of some intuitions,
they miss half of life, that lucky fever which determines how language
may be true, necessary, and meaningful.
Still amazed that Wittgenstein didn't consider Shakespeare a "Dichter."
His loss.
Eric
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