Ramsey
(A ramble occasioned by Cheryl Misak's biography of Frank Ramsey, but not a review of it.) [Ramsey, aged 17] turned to Ogden and said: ‘Do you know, I’v...
(A ramble occasioned by Cheryl Misak's biography of Frank Ramsey, but not a review of it.) [Ramsey, aged 17] turned to Ogden and said: ‘Do you know, I’ve been thinking I ought to learn German. How do you learn German?’ Ogden leaped up instantly, rushed to the shelf, got him a very thorough German grammar — and an Anglo-German dictionary — and then hunted on the shelves and found a very abstruse work in German — Mach’s Die Analyse der Empfindungen — and said: ‘You’re obviously interested in this, and all you do is to read the book. Use the grammar and use the dictionary and come and tell us wha
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