The profession of Jack the Ripper.

[David Orsam]

It actually can be meaningful but does not allow for valid conclusion.

I have no idea what you mean by this Hercule. A circular argument is by definition a defective argument containing, by definition, a logical fallacy. Therefore, such an argument, by definition, has no real meaning at all.

[Hercule Poirot]

This allows me to pull out one of my favourite quotes from the Great Book of Pierre's Famous Quotations:

"Some arguments can be circular and they can still be meaningful."

#40 in "Social Class of Jack the Ripper" – 14 November 2015

It actually can be meaningful but does not allow for valid conclusion. It's a bit like jumping from deductive to inductive reasoning. It offers some perspective or clues. The problem is when one is into circular logic without being aware of it.

Cheers,
Hercule Poirot

[Whitechapel]

Is this Colin Wilson (d. 5.12.13), author of "Summing it up" ? It's all here in this article early references to Nietzsche and even Einstein.

"Examining the role of outsiders in the arts, Wilson’s attention roamed across a multitude of figures such as Camus, Nietzsche, Kafka, Sartre, Hermann Hesse and Van Gogh."

"At 11 he developed an interest in science (“I was reading Einstein by the age of 12”) and spent his free time making “bomb mixture” with his chemistry set."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-obituary.html

In his TV interview with Anne and Nick, he says his grandfather was in Whitechapel during the murders and JTR was the first murderer for sex.

Did Colin have a son ?

[GUT]

Even if he could, David, there was a problem regarding Colin Wilson: he was notorious for changing his mind about who the Ripper was when some new book or study was published. Besides he was a popular novelist and writer, not an academically inclined scholar!

Jeff

Well maybe it is Colin after all, old Pierre seems pretty good at changing his mind.

[Mayerling]

Hold on, you think Pierre is either Colin Wilson or Robin Odell?

Colin Wilson is very unlikely to come on here and deny it considering he died in 2013.

Even if he could, David, there was a problem regarding Colin Wilson: he was notorious for changing his mind about who the Ripper was when some new book or study was published. Besides he was a popular novelist and writer, not an academically inclined scholar!

Jeff