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husserl was german
wittgenstein austrian (but his "second" career is english)
merleau-ponty french
end of cultural information
well as i said refering to them here was genuine (and not genious <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />... woops sorry my english is confusing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />) pedantry...