Wittgenstein

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    Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.—The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse’s good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)