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"Part one is an excellent, clear trot through the history of Christian Theological development." — Dec 23, 2012 05:04AM
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“I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.”
― On Certainty
― On Certainty

“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.”
― Philosophical Investigations
― Philosophical Investigations

“It is a dogma of the Roman Church that the existence of God can be proved by natural reason. Now this dogma would make it impossible for me to be a Roman Catholic. If I thought of God as another being like myself, outside myself, only infinitely more powerful, then I would regard it as my duty to defy him.”
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“Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.”
― Culture and Value
― Culture and Value

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