tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post3430239985894738565..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: The Crisis of CriticismThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-85182043246658550392014-06-13T12:13:55.112+02:002014-06-13T12:13:55.112+02:00There is a weird consistency here, for in Bouwsma&...There is a weird consistency here, for in Bouwsma's memoir too, W.'s personality comes off as uncertain, mentally uneven and, although Bouwsma does not seem to notice it, quite manipulative. So to speak, generally off his feet - expect when, as Heidegger says, "standing inside the field of philosophy". Presskornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480116067878605339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-90546168063020520322014-06-13T10:51:06.604+02:002014-06-13T10:51:06.604+02:00Which reminds me of what Wittgenstein said to his ...Which reminds me of what Wittgenstein said to his sister when she said he was squandering his genius on poor schoolchildren:<br /><br />"You remind me a somebody who is looking out through a closed window and cannot explain to himself the strange movements of a passer-by. He cannot tell what sort of storm is raging out there or that this person might only be managing with difficulty to stay on his feet." (Quoted in Monk's <i>Duty</i>, <a href="http://books.google.dk/books?id=bYIZyldMZL8C&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">p. 170</a>) Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-56811109200779940132014-06-13T09:58:00.059+02:002014-06-13T09:58:00.059+02:00The notion of "standing" is interesting ...The notion of "standing" is interesting in that Heidegger-quote: "Only by taking this critical stance do we keep our own standing inside the field of philosophy."<br /><br />I reminded me of a passage in Bouwsma's memoirs on W.: <br />"What is a prophet like? Wittgenstein is the nearest to a prophet I have ever known. He is a man who is like a tower, who stands high and unattached, leaning on no one. He has his own feet." <br /><br />Presskornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480116067878605339noreply@blogger.com