[lit-ideas] Re: casing out the case
- From: "Walter C. Okshevsky" <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:04:15 -0230
I don't know. But like, you know, that is *totally* so tautological. As if
something could be "the case" that is NOT part of the world? What is the
meaning of that utterance? Why didn't Witters simply abide by his own maxim and
give up on philosophy? If you don't have a clear and distinct idea about
"meaning" in philosophy, shouldn't you go into some other field? Russian
Studies zum beispiel/na pridmyer?
Still on urlaub,
Walter O.
Quoting Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>:
> THE WORLD IS EVERYTHING THAT IS THE CASE
>
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> Ludwig Wittgenstein
>
>
> Embodying the liar's paradox,
> Why did he have to reinvent the wheel?
> Unable, he said, to lie or cheat or steal,
> Or understand it when a lion talks,
> How to construe a language game that mocks
> Significance, too scrupulous to feel
> That others are indubitably real,
> Puzzled the solitary chatterbox.
>
> Ultimate mystery, another's pain
> Even the saint that caused it might refuse
> To recognize, like a strange native place.
> What does it profit anyone to gain
> His own imaginary soul, and lose
> Forever everything that is the case?
>
> ---- Daryl Hine
>
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