Almost in the same way as earlier physicists are said to have found suddenly that they had too little mathematical understanding to be able to master physics; we may say that young people today are suddenly in the position that ordinary common sense no longer suffices to meet the strange demands life makes. Everything has become so intricate that for its mastery an exceptional degree of understanding is required. For it is not enough any longer to be able to play the game well; but the question is again and again: what sort of game is to be played now anyway?
What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Only describe, don't explain. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Only describe, don't explain.
An image is not a picture, but a picture can correspond to it. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
An image is not a picture, but a picture can correspond to it.
When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly . - Ludwig Wittgenstein
When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly .
How small a thought it takes to fill a life. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
How small a thought it takes to fill a life.
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
We learn by rearranging what we know. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
We learn by rearranging what we know.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.
All I know is what I have words for. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
All I know is what I have words for.
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