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Old 07-12-2007, 01:56 AM
Subfallen Subfallen is offline
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Default Re: Absolute Certainty

Wittgenstein laid siege to certainty like no one before or since...so read him if you want to get a feel for the philosophical maturity necessary to really approach the subject.

Be warned, however...the man was a genius of the very highest order, and it hardly bodes well for his aspiring reader to note that,

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It [the Tracticus Logico-Philisophicus] was examined by [Bertrand] Russell and [G.E.] Moore; at the end of the thesis defence, Wittgenstein clapped the two examiners on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know you'll never understand it."

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