Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so … - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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I must begin with a good body of facts and not from a principle (in which I always suspect some fallacy) and then as much deduction as you please.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the common sense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer.

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