The child learns to believe a host of things. I.e. it learns to act according to these beliefs. Bit by bit there forms a system of what is believed, and in that system some things stand unshakeably fast and some are more or less liable to shift. What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather held fast by what lies around it.
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.
How small a thought it takes to fill a life. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
How small a thought it takes to fill a life.
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 .
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.
All I know is what I have words for. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
All I know is what I have words for.
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.
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