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"Presumably the converse would be equally valid: "Poetry ought to be written only as a form of philosophy." What this proposition implies is that poetry is not, as is commonly thought (and Wittgenstein himself seems to have thought of it when he commented directly on specific poems), the expression or the externalisation of inner feeling; it is, more accurately, the critique of that expression."

forever impressed with academics who can write this clearly (while avoiding highly specific jargon). and i have yet to skim over a citation so she's doing something right when it comes to collecting as well.

"The skepticism of that last disclaimer is deeply moving, for Wittgenstein understood, as many of his exegetes have not, that the study of philosophy does not make one a better person." / "But this is not what we mean by analysis in philosophy... philosophical analysis does not give us any new facts."