tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post5777169541015198284..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Ludwig Wittgenstein Pretends To Be The Moon. Samuel Johnson Rolls Down A Hill.Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-1443132102516642672012-10-17T19:57:40.543-07:002012-10-17T19:57:40.543-07:00Bilby: thank you very much for visiting, and for t...Bilby: thank you very much for visiting, and for the anecdotes about Anscombe and John the Irishman -- very interesting! Please stop by again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-25836420794925918702012-10-17T00:43:09.656-07:002012-10-17T00:43:09.656-07:00I believe Elizabeth Anscombe also used to garden i...I believe Elizabeth Anscombe also used to garden in Wittgenstein's raincoat. I was shown it once, hanging in the garden shed. There was an eccentric Irishman called John used to live in the shed for a while. I recall him accosting me at the top of Castle Hill and reciting Yeats's "The Wild Wicked Old Man" to me in its entirety.Bilbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-39702311577601075432010-05-16T10:15:36.138-07:002010-05-16T10:15:36.138-07:00ghostofelberry: I wholeheartedly agree with you ab...ghostofelberry: I wholeheartedly agree with you about Engelmann's "Letters from Wittgenstein with a Memoir". It is one of my favorite books about Wittgenstein as well. In addition to being highly entertaining, it is a crucial book for rescuing Wittgenstein from the academic philosophers and other interpreters whom I ranted abouted in my April 30 post "Wittgenstein and 'Progress'". <br /><br />Engelmann recognized that the academics and interpreters had completely missed the boat and were trying to manufacture a Wittgenstein that never existed. For example, they either ignored or failed to see what Wittgenstein called the "ethical" point of his writing -- not to mention the influence of Tolstoy, etc. <br /><br />I'll stop before launching into another rant. Thank you again for visiting and commenting.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-52842152359085521552010-05-16T03:46:44.038-07:002010-05-16T03:46:44.038-07:00i read that after old Ludo's death Anscombe to...i read that after old Ludo's death Anscombe took to wearing his old suede jacket...slightly disturbing. My own tweed jacket is in a house in Manchester and i mean to pick it up when next i return. Failing that, i believe they have one of Ludwig's tweed jackets in a museum in Austria somewhere, i may take a daytrip down to steal it.<br /><br />One of my favourite Ludwig photos shows him standing on the veranda of the big country place (Hochreit or something) with Paul and a woman (i think the other sister, Helene), laughing. It's rare to see mirth in the photos, though there is often a kind of grim humour. i think my favourite Ludo memoir is Paul Engelmann's - he relates an anecdote of Ludwig rolling about the floor laughing uncontrollably. Most of the other memoirists see Ludwig through this haze of uncomprehending adoration or fear, but Engelmann was perceptive, and he also writes of the pre-Cambridge days, about which not much is really known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-39317602063126634152010-05-15T19:15:56.969-07:002010-05-15T19:15:56.969-07:00ghostofelberry: I'm surprised (and honored) th...ghostofelberry: I'm surprised (and honored) that you have visited here, and left a comment as well. Thank you very much. I've been following your present and past blogs for quite some time.<br /> <br />Yes, I love that coat, and that antic expression on his face -- is that a grin about to break out? <br /><br />According to the site where I found the photo, it was taken by Malcolm in Cambridge in 1939. I thought that it fit well with the activity described in the post.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-561733032899207932010-05-15T08:02:00.938-07:002010-05-15T08:02:00.938-07:00Heh, i was just remembering that passage from Malc...Heh, i was just remembering that passage from Malcolm's little book today, while trying to stride quickly to work, my lungs uncooperative (asthma). What about that amusing jacket old Ludo is wearing in the pic, class or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com