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Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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  1. Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when e…
  2. Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
  3. One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
  4. The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
  5. Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone pres…
  6. The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
  7. Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
  8. The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.

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  • philosophy
  • knowledge
  • activity
  • method
  • theory

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