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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#discussions #goes #into #like #never

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#battle #intelligence #language #means #our

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#could #entirely #good #jokes #philosophical

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#adjustment #combination #does #door #each

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#fly #out #philosophy #show #way

A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#form #i #know #philosophical #philosophical problem

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#concern #him #himself #occupy #philosopher

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question.


Ludwig Wittgenstein


#discovery #doing #enables #gives #i

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.


Virginia Woolf


#kingdom #legitimate #philanthropic

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.


Lee Kuan Yew


#big #cleared #clearing #indonesia #nest






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