Art theorist and painter Gian Paolo Lomazzo was born on this day in 1538. French master Eugene Delacroix was born in 1798. American impressionist Edmund C. Tarbell was born in 1862. And everyone’s favorite Nazi Rudolf Hess was born in 1894.
Carol Burnett is 80 today!
But the day does not belong to painters, comedians, or even Nazis. No, today belongs to the great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. It’s hard to know what to say about him. His work was largely analytical—more math than philosophy. What I find most interesting is his discussions of how language maps to reality and how we can transcend the limits of language. Umberto Eco in his essay “Absolute and Relative” puts it well:
It’s that kind of stuff. But harder.
Happy birthday Ludwig Wittgenstein!
I don’t recommend shaving in the ice cream. There are better uses for it. Same goes for eating the "glace".
@Thras – It’s a constant problem. I never can tell is I read a book or have read a book. I keep trying to figure out how I was able to think enough to learn to talk when I could only think by talking. Confusing!
Too bad more of us don’t think before talking………..