[Wittrs] Wittgenstein's Birthday and Date of Death -- An Invitation to Honor Him

[Han Geurdes]

Hi Sean,

It is good to send in a quote. One day in advance I have one I like:

*Man has to awaken to wonder. Science is a way of sending him to sleep
again.
*
I like that. It is true in an unexpected sneaky way. I would like to add
(if you do not laugh too much)

Science is a way invented by us to, quickly, go to sleep again after a
shocking form of awakening. It is a collective self-delusion. Still I like
to play around with e.g. problems from Intuitive Geometry and enjoy the
proofs I invent and that are invented by others.



Best
Han


On 25 April 2012 00:11, Sean Wilson <whoooo26505 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wittgenstein's birthday is Thursday, April 26. The date of his passing is
> April 29 (Sunday).
>
> I would ask anyone so inclined to send to Wittrs on either of those days
> their favorite quotation(s) from Wittgenstein. Don't worry if you are not a
> member; I can still pass the mails along to the list.  This will be part of
> an annual thing we'll do henceforth.
>
> SEND TO: wittrs at undergroundwiki.org
>
> Regards and thanks.
>
>
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