[Milton-L] Fetishizing Greatness, was Re: Is Paradise Lost

[James Rovira]

One last bit about the poetic nature of the Tractatus.  I said earlier
that Wittgenstein's "drawing of a cube [in proposition] 5.5423
deserves special attention."  I realize now that if you were to take
this drawing of a cube and give it line breaks consistent with modern
poetry:

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you'd have a poem roughly akin to most of Billy Collins's or Charles
Bukowski's work, though lacking some of their charm.

Thanks very much for you indulgence.  I think I'll stop now as I don't
believe it's possible to get any more ridiculous than this.

Jim R