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Don't think, but look! (PI 66) — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Don't think, but look! (PI 66) — Ludwig Wittgenstein
An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. Hi — Ludwig Wittgenstein
An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. Hi — Ludwig Wittgenstein
In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical — disposing of it by means of another question is not.
In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical — disposing of it by means of another question is not.
In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field an — Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field an — Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
Wittgenstein likes to assert: "Whereof we cannot speak we must be silent". But skilfully using our hands and manipulatin — Erik Pevernagie
Wittgenstein likes to assert: "Whereof we cannot speak we must be silent". But skilfully using our hands and manipulatin — Erik Pevernagie
The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must thro — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must thro — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
The action of a thing is the same as the naming of it - is, in fact, the real name. The trees creak and they are saying, — Jesse Ball, The Curfew
The action of a thing is the same as the naming of it - is, in fact, the real name. The trees creak and they are saying, — Jesse Ball, The Curfew
Life can be a misunderstanding, if we are ignorant of the right language or don’t try to learn it. « If lions could spea — Erik Pevernagie
Life can be a misunderstanding, if we are ignorant of the right language or don’t try to learn it. « If lions could spea — Erik Pevernagie
Language is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and know your way about — you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about.
Language is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and know your way about — you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about.
One age misunderstands another — and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.
One age misunderstands another — and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.
Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality. — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality. — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
If you have a room which you do not want certain people to get into, put a lock on it for which they do not have the key — Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value
If you have a room which you do not want certain people to get into, put a lock on it for which they do not have the key — Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value
It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the — Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the — Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you already have a person's love no sacrifice can be too much to give for it — but any sacrifice is too great to buy it for you.
If you already have a person's love no sacrifice can be too much to give for it — but any sacrifice is too great to buy it for you.
Logic takes care of itself — all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
Logic takes care of itself — all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
Earlier fundamental work of Whitehead, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Whorf, etc., as well as my own attempt to use this — Gregory Bateson
Earlier fundamental work of Whitehead, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Whorf, etc., as well as my own attempt to use this — Gregory Bateson
In the middle of a conversation, someone says to me out of the blue: "I wish you luck." I am astonished; but later I rea — Ludwig Wittgenstein
In the middle of a conversation, someone says to me out of the blue: "I wish you luck." I am astonished; but later I rea — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, — A.C. Grayling
Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, — A.C. Grayling