The philosopher's treatment of a question is like the treatment of an illness. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

The philosopher treats a question; like an illness.

You won't — I really believe — get too much out of reading it. Because you won't understand it; the content will seem strange to you. In reality, it isn't strange to you, for the point is ethical. I once wanted to give a few words in the foreword which now actually are not in it, which, however, I'll write to you now because they might be a key for you: I wanted to write that my work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one.

Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business.

We feel that even when all possible scientific questions have been answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched.