To be honest, I never really understood the reason for Bertrand Russell’s disapproval of Wittgenstein,[1] who was, it seems to me, one of the saner 20th century philosophers.
But on the subject of breakfast, I also differ from Wittgenstein. Apparently, when he arrived at his digs in Cambridge[2], he was asked by his new landlady what he would like for breakfast in the mornings. He said that he didn’t mind, as long as it was the same every day.
Personally, I like breakfast to be slightly different every day.
[1] There is no mention of Wittgenstein at all in Bertrand Russell’s otherwise excellent History of Western Philosophy.
[2] It is a bit of a mystery why Wittgenstein chose digs at all. He was staggeringly wealthy, his father having been one of the richest men in Austria. Perhaps it was just modesty, or a desire to fit in seamlessly as possible with university life, rather than install himself in a decent hotel? Or even buy a house and hire a housekeeper?
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