April 24, 2009
An Author's Favorite Wittgenstein
As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals — or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all. A group of closely related persons living under one roof; it is a convenience, often a necessity, sometimes a pleasure, sometimes the reverse; but who first exalted it as admirable, an almost religious idea?
Who cares about Kant's eight siblings, or Kierkegaard's
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