[email protected] wrote: > > What about the story of the child taking the apple from _abenteuerliches > Herz_ - I still see *Desinvolture* rather as an attidude expressed in acting > than as a permanent state of mind -
Yes, in EJ's texts, the desinvolture is itself a characteristic
of the
acting and not of any goings-on accompanying the actions. Curiously
enough, EJ's texts could be cited in an orthodox account of
Wittgenstein's and Ryle's views on the matter.
Larbaud Jr.
