Walter O. wrote: "Just as Marx was probably a Marxist." If you want to understand Marxism, read Marxists. If you want to understand Marx, read Marx. It seems to me that these are two different kinds of activities. Of course, a philosopher may be so taken by their reception that they join their adoring fans. Derrida seems to have suffered this fate and became a Derridean. Heidegger, would be another example. But I don't see Wittgenstein as having taken this path. When I first read the subject line, my first thought was of the question whether the standard meter in Paris is a meter long. Just Phil ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html