From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: ‘This is simply what I do.”
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Quote of the day 08/29/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.”
Quote of the day 08/28/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
Quote of the day 08/27/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.”
Quote of the day 08/26/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming.”
Quote of the day 08/24/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.”
Quote of the day 08/23/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.”
Quote of the day 08/14/24
From John Steinbeck: “No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”
Quote of the day 08/12/24
From John Steinbeck: “When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.”
Quote of the day 08/10/24
From John Steinbeck: “Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? …Well, think about it. Maybe you’re playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”