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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

Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Grammar
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horses good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Nature
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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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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Intelligence
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People dont want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology – all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why. – Peter Thiel

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Intelligence

Look, people have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I dont care where it is, when they look at me its not about my intelligence. Its who can I beat up. – Danny Aiello

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Intelligence

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq. – Janis Karpinski

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Intelligence

I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nations intelligence community. – Ted Stevens

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Intelligence

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I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture. – William Glasser

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Education

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. – Hector Berlioz

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Failure

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom. – Milos Forman

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In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. – Herbert M. Shelton

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Fasting