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Wittgenstein and Language
In his final years at Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein postulated that philosophical problems are merely linguistic puzzles wrongly imbued with metaphysical significance. The solution to a philosophical problem could thus be obtained through a grammatical investigation into the puzzle’s articulated statements. He describes a grammatical investigation as one in which ‘we remind ourselves of the...
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...”
– Albert Camus
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“Since the dawn of recorded history, something like 110 billion human beings have...”
– The Art of Getting By
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“I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use,...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
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“What’s my name, what’s my station, oh, just tell me what I should do
I don’t...”
– Fleet Foxes
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“The world is simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and...”
– Henry Miller
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“… his aracism derives, he’d admit, from reasons that are totally...”
– David Foster Wallace, from: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way,” from the collection Girl With Curious Hair
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“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
– Anton Chekhov
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