Why so emotional, Banno? I'm not the one contradicting themselves. Are you in love with Witt, too?No. You again showed that you are a fool. Stay safe. — Banno
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. — Wittgenstein
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul. — Plato
Understanding that misuses of language creates philosophical problems goes all the way back to the Greeks. Plato is not only warning us about misusing language in the sense of bad grammar or syntax. Speaking badly also includes saying untruths, telling lies, creating a conflict between speech and reality - between what is said and what is. To misuse language in this sense is to sound a false note in the music of creation - to put yourself out of tune with the way things are.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates
Plato is not only warning us about misusing language in the sense of bad grammar or syntax. Speaking badly also includes saying untruths, telling lies, creating a conflict between speech and reality - between what is said and what is. — Harry Hindu
There are, first, the propositions of logic itself. These do not represent states of affairs, — SEP
logic is senseless. — Banno
If this work has any value, it consists in two things: the first is that thoughts are expressed
in it, and on this score the better the thoughts are expressed—the more the nail has been hit
on the head—the greater will be its value.
On the other hand the truth of the thoughts that are here communicated seems to me unassailable and definitive.
The idea that "nonsense" has a special meaning in the Tractacus is from the 1980's realist interpretation. — Tate
I've got my own view, but don't we all? — Tate
They're tautological. — Tate
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