the abyss means...

The difficult thing here is not, to dig down to the ground; no, it is to recognise the ground that lies before us as the ground.
For the ground keeps on giving us the illusory image of a greater depth, and when we seek to reach this, we keep on finding ourselves on the old level.
Our disease is one of wanting to explain.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, G. E. M. Anscombe, Basil Blackwell Oxford 1978, p333 Part VI §31

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Wittgenstein is the Marilyn Manson of modern philosophy.

hecticjames on November 3, 2003 11:22 AM

What a very disturbing comparison...

joh on November 3, 2003 11:25 AM

It gets worse. Bertrand Russel was the Trent Reznor to Wittgenstein's Manson.

And yes, I can back that up. :)

hecticjames on November 3, 2003 11:42 AM

Go on then. Give me proof.

joh on November 3, 2003 11:44 AM

Isn't proof rather nebulous for this sort of thing? Wouldn't I be better off feeding you some ill-informed by amusing bullshit?

hecticjames on November 3, 2003 12:24 PM

OK, give me your ill-formed bullshit.

Here's a start: Wittgenstein once described his philosophical method as: "making propoganda for one style of thinking as opposed to another."

Discuss.

joh on November 3, 2003 04:19 PM