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"Note to the author: you are using the term "burden of proof" incorrectly. It refers to which party in a debate bears responsibility for establishing their position, and it makes no sense to talk about something being able to "withstand the burden of proof"." — 11 hours, 49 min ago
"Note to the author: you are using the term "burden of proof" incorrectly. It refers to which party in a debate bears responsibility for establishing their position, and it makes no sense to talk about something being able to "withstand the burden of proof"." — 11 hours, 49 min ago
“[D]er Zusammenhang des Unendlichen und des Endlichen ist freilich ein heiliges Geheimnis, weil dieser Zusammenhang das Leben selbst ist; die Reflexion, die das Leben trennt, kann es in Unendliches und Endliches unterscheiden, und nur die Beschränkung, das Endliche für sich betrachtet gibt den Begriff des Menschen als dem Göttlichen entgegengesetzt; außerhalb der Reflexion, in der Wahrheit findet sie nicht statt.”
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“The easiest thing of all is to pass judgment on what is substantial and meaningful. It is much more difficult to get a real grip on it, and what is most difficult of all is both to grasp what unites all such things, and to give a full exposition of what that is.”
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“But he who, having no touch of the Muses' madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks that he will get into the temple by the help of art—he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man disappears and is nowhere when he enters into rivalry with the madman.”
― Phaedrus
― Phaedrus
“Die Lösung des Problems des Lebens merkt man am Verschwinden dieses Problems.”
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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