Ludwig Wittgenstein/1947%e2%80%931951 - Final Years

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    Here the term ‘language-game’ is meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity, of a form of life.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    The subject does not belong to the world; rather, it is a limit of the world.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    The prologues are over. It is a question, now,
    Of final belief. So, say that final belief
    Must be in a fiction. It is time to choose.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild animals may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 23:10,11.