I am what I am ....

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:01 AM +0100 4/23/10, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>Philosophy:  Wittgenstein:  "The world is all that is the case."
>
>Literature:  Gertrude Stein:  "A rose is a rose is a rose."


I thought she had it as "Rose is a rose is a rose", at least
originally, which is less tautological (and might even be
contradictory except as a metaphor).

LH

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