From: "Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend" <gbf-AT-cenesta.org> To: <feyerabend-AT-lists.driftline.org> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:27:17 +0100 Subject: [PKF] a few points on pkf Dear list members, I read some recent posting and I would like to reply to/ comments on a few points, for the record. 1. Paul did understand some Italian (mostly from opera) but it is not correct to say that he spoke fluent Italian. He could just get by in food shops. The interviews and aphorisms you find in Italian in the Internet are translations. I did not manage to check all such translations and I know by experience that they can contain gross errors. So, purists beware! 2. Some of Paul's best recordings available in English and interesting for the large public are available in a CD entitled Stories from Paolino's Tapes : http://www.suppose.de/texte/feyerabendpaolino.html Incidentally, this is the only recording of his voice that I know is available from the Internet. 3. Finally, if you visit the site http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/feyerabe.htm which was mentioned recently, please consider that the picture you see there is a sort of a joke. A journalist wanted a picture of Paul and asked him to be "serious", so Paul played the philosopher part, but you can see that he is making a caricature of it, and is actually laughing. I remember this moment very well. Best! grazia _______________________________________________ List address: feyerabend-AT-driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/feyerabend-driftline.org
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