arrangement quotes

The workof Henry Jameshas alwaysseemeddivisibleby a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns:James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.

-Guedalla, Philip
  Supers and Supermen,'Some Critics'.

Die Probleme werden gel o« st, nicht durch Beibringen neuer Erfahrung, sondern durch Zusammenstellung des l a« ngst Bekannten. Die Philosophie ist ein Kampf gegen dieVerhexung unseresVerstandes durch die Mittel unserer Sprache. The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known. Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

-Wittgenstein, LudwigJosef Johann
  Philosophische Untersuchungen (Philosophical Investigations), section109 (translated by G E M Anscombe).

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