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The Bonfire of the Vanities

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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

by Michel Foucault

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“Really, the misfortunes which are now such a cause of grief ought to be reasons for tranquility. For now she has deserted you, and no man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.”
― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

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“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself. ”
― Martin Heidegger

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“In this sort of predicament, always ask yourself: How did we learn the meaning of this word ("good", for instance)? From what sort of examples? In what language-games? Then it will be easier for you to see that the word must have a family of meanings.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations

tags: language, linguistics, philosophy, semiotics

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