Robert Trousseau 4

"Are you really placing Wittgenstein in the existential tradition?" asked Robert.

"Of course. He's really the German-Jewish Nietzsche," Gabriel answered.
"How so?' Deborah asked.

Deborah was once Gabriel's lover. Now she was Robert's less than secret lover. Vivien did not mind. She was preoccupied with other matters.

"Well, Wittgenstein's main problem with Western philosophy is its emphasis on ideas. Ideas are the main engines of language in Western Philosophy. For Wittgenstein, the word "dog" does not refer to the idea of "dog" but the specific, real "dog" generated through ideas of the "Will" and "Idea."

Robert had no idea what Gabriel was saying and neither did Deborah but it sounded right somehow.

"Anyway, his emphasis is mainly on "Reality" as observable phenomena and as such, he was really interested in Freud."

"And why was Freud interested in Reality in terms of the Reality Principle?" asked Robert.

"I really don't know. I'm sick of these heavy discussions," Gabriel cut off sharply.

"You're the one who brought it up," responded Aaron Ficklestein.

"The "I" doesn't have to be the one talking all the time. Sometimes, the superego bypasses the ego."