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Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Other quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Superiority
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didnt find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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War
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didnt find them. – Richard Ben-Veniste

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Intelligence

We regard intelligence as mans main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. – Henri Bergson

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Intelligence

In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship. – Frederica Montseny

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Intelligence

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. – John Steinbeck

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Intelligence

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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. – Alphonso Jackson

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