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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Grice's Epitaph (with thanks to M. Davidson)

From:

http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0906E&L=CLASSICS-L&P=R106&I=-3

I wrote:

"When H. P. Grice died at the San Francisco Hospital -- Room 421 -- on Aug. 28, 1988, he confided to his wife, "A life without philosophy is not life -- goodbye". If the phrase were true, I can imagine similar bad-taste mottoes at a French bistro
("Primum manducare, deinde philosophari"), a French bakery ("Primum panem,
deinde philosophari"), a wine bar ("Primum bibere, deinde philosophare")
or a brothel (I'm sure M. Davidson may come up with further scenarios)."

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