From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “All philosophy is ‘Critique of Language.’ Russell’s merit is to have shown that the apparent logical form of the proposition need not be its real form.”
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Quote of the day 11/20/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Most propositions and questions that have been written about philosophical matters are not false, but senseless. We can not, therefore, answer questions of this kind at all, but only state their senselessness. Most questions and propositions of the philosophers result from the fact that we do not understand the logic of ourContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/20/24”
Quote of the day 09/17/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Remember that we sometimes demand explanations for the sake not of their content, but of their form. Our requirement is an architectural one; the explanation a kind of sham corbel that supports nothing.”
Quote of the day 09/16/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “An entire mythology is stored within our language.”
Quote of the day 09/15/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Nothing is more important for teaching us to understand the concepts we have than to construct fictitious ones.”
Quote of the day 09/14/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Music conveys to us itself!”
Quote of the day 09/13/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Man has to awaken to wonder – and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.”
Quote of the day 09/12/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher.”
Quote of the day 09/11/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.”
Quote of the day 09/10/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.”
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