Quote #46

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. #6

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  1. Philosophers are often like little children, who first scribble random lines on a piece of paper with their pencils, and now ask an adult '…
  2. Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. #109
  3. The aim of philosophy is to erect a wall at the point where language stops anyway. (p.187)
  4. What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use. #116
  5. The problems are dissolved in the actual sense of the word - like a lump of sugar in water. (p.183)
  6. What we are destroying is nothing but houses of cards and we are clearing up the ground of language on which they stood. #118
  7. 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 oppos…
  8. Your questions refer to words; so I have to talk about words. #120

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