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He Taught Us ...
He taught us the gods wore watch chains.
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Karl Popper Accused ...
Karl Popper accused Wittgenstein of
being a man eternally polishing his spectacles without ever looking through them
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The Object of ...
The object of aesthetic knowledge is beauty.
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No Reason Why ...
There is no reason why the truth when found should be interesting.
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The Sleep of ...
The sleep of reason brings forth monsters.
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Virtue resides in ...
Virtue resides in the taming of a baser instinct, not in its elimination.
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Science is ...
Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.
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Beauty is ...
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Whoever Fights ...
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.
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People say ...
People say that life's the thing, but I prefer reading.
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Hypocrisy is ...
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
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