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“Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it.
For it cannot give any foundation either.
It leaves everything as it is.”
― Philosophical Investigations
For it cannot give any foundation either.
It leaves everything as it is.”
― Philosophical Investigations
“Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and heaven was copied after Mauritius.”
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“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
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“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
― Faust, First Part
― Faust, First Part
“man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. The Existentialist does not believe in the power of passion. He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. He thinks that man is responsible for his passion.”
― Existentialism and Human Emotions
― Existentialism and Human Emotions
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