pynchon-l-digest V2 #1130

[Daniel Wolf]

> << do you think Pynchon is particularly
>  rough on German philosophers?  >>
> No tougher than Gunther Grass is on Heidegger in _Dog Years_.
>
> jbf


Even more to the point: Walter Abish in _How German Is It?_.

Evan Abla schrieb:

> Another lurker here and I'd like all of us to raise a toast to
ethnocentrism
>  and grand ole' nationalism.  By the way anyone know where the best wine
is
>  made and the best philosophy is done?

On the basis of Wittgenstein and a few friendly encounters with Austrian
wines, I'm tempted to say Vienna. But Austria, having also given us W.'s
more famous younger school comrade and of late, the Harvard-celebrated Jörg
Haider, has too many factors running against it.  Perhaps the combination
"best philosophy" + "best wine" is an empty set.