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I got a new Wittgenstein book today, Culture and Value, which is a collection of excerpts from his notebooks that don't pertain directly to his philosophy, but that treat other random subjects, ie culture and values. The very first excerpt is worth quoting here.
Quote of the Day
"We tend to take the speech of the Chinese for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize language in what he hears. Similarly I often cannot discern the humanity in man."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1914
Quote of the Day
"We tend to take the speech of the Chinese for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize language in what he hears. Similarly I often cannot discern the humanity in man."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1914
posted by John Powell at 4:16 PM
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