About Gary

About Originally from Kentucky, I have lived in Germany since 1993. I have been a member of the English department at the University of Potsdam since 2003.
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Favourite philosophers Plato, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, Arendt, Murdoch, Gaita
Favourite quotations The reason why philosophers and poets are related it this: both are inspired by wonder. – Thomas Aquinas

I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that's a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn't insane. We are only doing philosophy. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
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