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Sir: Andrew Aberdein (Letters, 22 Febru- ary) errs: Nietzsche and

Martineau are by no means the only recipients of Wodehou- sian philosophical criticism.

In chapter four of The Mating Season Bertie Wooster censures the Weltanschau- ung of Marcus Aurelius ('he's an ass'); and in chapter nine Gussie Fink-Nottle, speak- ing, admittedly, in testing circumstances, sharpens and widens this judgment.

Maritz Vandenberg

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