#phil

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. ↗

#could #entirely #good #jokes #philosophical

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#adjustment #combination #does #door #each

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#fly #out #philosophy #show #way

A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#form #i #know #philosophical #philosophical problem

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#concern #him #himself #occupy #philosopher

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

#discovery #doing #enables #gives #i

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ↗

— Hank Stram

#plus #simplicity #variety

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#fantasy #i #philosophy #said #sort

The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. ↗

— Andrew Goodman

#even #freedom #frustrating #must #road

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth. ↗