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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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Man has to awaken to wonder – and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Science
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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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Other Quotes from
Intelligence
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. – Lao Tzu

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Intelligence

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth. – William Ellery Channing

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Intelligence

The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing. – Paul Harris

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Intelligence

Well, I think theres a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. – John Major

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Intelligence

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