Liberty A study in bourgeois illusion
Suppose someone had performed the regrettable experiment of turning Bertrand Russell, at the age of nine months, over to a goat foster-mother, and leaving him to her care, in some remote spot, unvisited by human beings, to grow to manhood. When, say forty years later, men first visited Bertrand Russell, would they find him with the manuscripts of the Analysis of Mind and the Analysis of Matter in his hands? Would they even find him in possession of his definition of number, as the class of all classes? No. In contradiction to his present state, his behaviour would be both illogical and impolite. ^^^^^ CB: Speaking of the unconscious, interesting that Russell introduces "classes" puningly into his philosophical discussion of number, at the same time that Marxist philosophy pressing on the world thinking about philosophy in terms of social "classes". This passage reminds of the discussion of Piaget and chldren "discovering" number wihtout schooling. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
