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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The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another. – Immanuel Kant

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That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence. – Miguel de Unamuno

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Intelligence

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy. – Theodore White

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Intelligence

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. – George Orwell

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Linguists are no different from any other people who spend more than nineteen hours a day pondering the complexities of grammar and its relationship to practically everything else in order to prove that language is so inordinately complicated that it is impossible in principle for people to talk. – Ronald W. Langacker (b.1942), Language and Its Structure, 1973

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The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex. – Wynonna Judd

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To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. – Charles-Damian Boulogne

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Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm. – James Otis

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