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“Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound.”
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“I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind...
to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929)”
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to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929)”
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“How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation to lower your gullibility, otherwise leaving you alone? If you believe this, you are pretty gullible, and should perhaps consider such an operation.”
― Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
― Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.”
― Philosophical Investigations
― Philosophical Investigations
“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.”
― The Basis of Morality
― The Basis of Morality
Gustav’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gustav’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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