"This is not to say, however, that the significance of all his remarks was always transparently clear; perhaps the most gnomic was his comment on Peter Geach, Elizabeth Anscombe's husband. When Mrs Bevan asked Wittgenstein what Geach was like, he replied solemnly: 'He reads Somerset Maugham.'"
--Ray Monk, "Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius," pg. 577
Thursday, February 11, 2016
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