in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
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Though a state of affairs that would contravene the laws of physics can be represented by us spatially, one that would contravene the laws of geometry cannot.
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The meaning of a question is the method of answering it: then what is the meaning of "Do two men really mean the same by the word" white"? Tell me how you are searching, and I will tell you what you are searching for.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?
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Does man think because he has found that thinking pays?
Does he bring his children up because he has found it pays?
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It seems to me as good as certain that we cannot get the upper hand against England. The English, the best race in the world, cannot lose! We, however, can lose and shall lose, if not this year then next year. The thought that our race is going to be beaten depresses me terribly, because I am completely German.
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So in the end when one is doing philosophy one gets to the point where one would like just to emit an inarticulate sound.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
For a large class of cases, though not for all, in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.
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Philosophers are often like little children, who first scribble random lines on a piece of paper with their pencils, and now ask an adult "What is that?"
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A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.
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