
David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker
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The Class Gap Between a Jew and a German Jew
Both men had, in some ways very similar backgrounds, and in some ways very different background so they both came from vienna. In one way there was a class gap. We came to believe that that class gap was part of the personal antagonism between them. Their wealth was wiped out in the hyperinflation of the 19 twenties. Both families had converted. But they were to discover that that wasn't going to be enough to save them. It was good working with john on this, because john was more eger and stringent than me in cusing on the row. And i was especially interested in the nature of the philosophical discussion.
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