Posted by zeugma on September 23, 2003, at 21:17:50
In reply to Re: May I counter with some Wittgenstein ;-) » DSCH, posted by jay on September 23, 2003, at 18:15:29
> > We're lucky in that for many situations we can >have the door swing open part way for a moment >and then shut again when we are getting close. :-)
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> Pardon my Nihilism...;-)
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> "Like the fly on the wheel, who says,
> "What a lot of dust we're raising."
> Are you under the illusion
> That you're part of this scheme?
> Seems like a lifetime ago
> You could look with pride
> On your world of dreams
>
> -What is the meaning of this?
> And the stars look down
> -What are you trying to do?
> And the stars look down
> -Was it something I said?
> And the stars look down
> -Something you'd like me to do?
> And the stars look down....
>You'd like another of Wittgenstein's epigrams- "Philosophy shows the fly the way out of the fly-bottle."
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