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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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If you hope to improve the world, all you can do is improve yourself [Wittgenstein]
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While faith is a passion (as Kierkegaard says), wisdom is passionless [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy
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The history of philosophy only matters if the subject is a choice between rival theories [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence [Wittgenstein]
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A philosopher is outside any community of ideas [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]
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I say (contrary to Wittgenstein) that philosophy expresses what we thought we must be silent about [Ansell Pearson on Wittgenstein]
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
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Philosophy tries to be rid of certain intellectual puzzles, irrelevant to daily life [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy
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If a question can be framed at all, it is also possible to answer it [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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What is your aim in philosophy? - To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle [Wittgenstein]
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The 'Tractatus' is a masterpiece of anti-philosophy [Badiou on Wittgenstein]
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This work solves all the main problems, but that has little value [Wittgenstein]
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Once you understand my book you will see that it is nonsensical [Wittgenstein]
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Philosophers express puzzlement, but don't clearly state the puzzle [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
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The limits of my language means the limits of my world [Wittgenstein]
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Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein]
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All complex statements can be resolved into constituents and descriptions [Wittgenstein]
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Our language is an aspect of biology, and so its inner logic is opaque [Wittgenstein]
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Most philosophical questions arise from failing to understand the logic of language [Wittgenstein]
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We don't need a theory of truth, because we use the word perfectly well [Wittgenstein]
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Bring words back from metaphysics to everyday use [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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This book says we should either say it clearly, or shut up [Wittgenstein]
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We already know what we want to know, and analysis gives us no new facts [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Science is all the true propositions [Wittgenstein]
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