tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post111919867055938064..comments2023-06-27T16:51:05.805+02:00Comments on The Pangrammaticon: Checkmate and RushlightThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-18084656773430097012008-01-24T09:52:00.000+01:002008-01-24T09:52:00.000+01:00Thanks, Joel. I'm not sure I agree though. First, ...Thanks, Joel. I'm not sure I agree though. First, I think Pound's situation at Pisa was checkmate, not stalemate. Second, I'm not sure there is a moral victor, as it were, in a stalemate. In twelve point (and I know no more about it than I posted here) it seems that the situation is a clear defeat for one of the players. When you are "backgammoned" you lose in triplicate because you've been caught out (I don't know much about that game actually).<BR/><BR/>All in all, I don't think the idea I'm looking for is playing to a draw. But I'm willing to discuss it.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-30236117838420475472008-01-24T08:13:00.000+01:002008-01-24T08:13:00.000+01:00In chess... checkmate is where the game has ended ...In chess... checkmate is where the game has ended in one person's favor... I think you may be referring to a stalemate where no person wins and it is somewhat to the dismay of the "winning" player.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-1119734735679534622005-06-25T23:25:00.000+02:002005-06-25T23:25:00.000+02:00Thanks, Phil. Yes, I think you're right about how ...Thanks, Phil. Yes, I think you're right about how all this follows from Wittgenstein. One example that comes to mind is the rather severe editing that Wittgenstein would have done on Frazer's Golden Bough.<BR/><BR/>But Wittgenstein is remembered as a kind of aphorist, which is to say, we search his "notes" for nuggets of positive wisdom.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes try to imagine what would have resulted if Wittgenstein had done for Heidegger what Pound did for Eliot.<BR/><BR/>That is, if someone had identified the part about which one should remain silent.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-1119732646157297522005-06-25T22:50:00.000+02:002005-06-25T22:50:00.000+02:00Thomas,Enjoying your blog- alot!...I see that perh...Thomas,<BR/>Enjoying your blog- alot!<BR/><BR/>...I see that perhaps what you are paring away at here is representative of what Wittgenstein's life became, and how he lived a life representative of that development as well; that as a "redakteur?"<BR/><BR/>-pcPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738290695461467516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-1119204693328177482005-06-19T20:11:00.000+02:002005-06-19T20:11:00.000+02:00Thanks. You have made my day.Thanks. You have made my day.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com