tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8843103853014315584..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: As though by lecherous women in high-necked long robes - Musil's metaphors, or revisiting the limits of languageAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-15472928122704945972013-02-11T15:21:13.714-06:002013-02-11T15:21:13.714-06:00If language is perfect then it expresses nothing e...If language is perfect then it expresses nothing except itself and it is useless.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7624588636847693932013-02-10T20:17:23.872-06:002013-02-10T20:17:23.872-06:00Yes, a good "someday" candidate, not dul...Yes, a good "someday" candidate, not dull. Not particularly dull. Dull only in limited spots. Dull <i>with</i> Törless.<br /><br />Those are good responses to the "perfection" question. Musil is a highly philosophical novelist, a systematist, but he is also an artist. The imperfections of language are his tools.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51372431514556814682013-02-10T13:42:46.472-06:002013-02-10T13:42:46.472-06:00Or you go the Wittgensteinian route: perfect langu...Or you go the Wittgensteinian route: perfect language only allows tautologies, which express meaningless truths.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24896805770244034182013-02-10T04:17:38.009-06:002013-02-10T04:17:38.009-06:00Like Esperanto, and no one would speak it ;)Like Esperanto, and no one would speak it ;)LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75271869311231037042013-02-09T23:01:57.606-06:002013-02-09T23:01:57.606-06:00Hi. Suppose language is perfect. What does that lo...Hi. Suppose language is perfect. What does that look like?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55109443649113950422013-02-09T18:23:15.341-06:002013-02-09T18:23:15.341-06:00I too didn't know much about this book; I had ...I too didn't know much about this book; I had this misguided idea that it was a dull book, but from Tom's fragments the novel must be quite good.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43571538421598227852013-02-09T15:56:55.331-06:002013-02-09T15:56:55.331-06:00I've enjoyed reading through this week's w...I've enjoyed reading through this week's worth of posts, Tom. I didn't know much (anything) about <em>The Confusions of Young Törless</em>, but am now intrigued and adding it to 'someday' list. amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.com