Almost in the same way as earlier physicists are said to have found suddenly that they had too little mathematical understanding to be able to master physics; we may say that young people today are suddenly in the position that ordinary common sense no longer suffices to meet the strange demands life makes. Everything has become so intricate that for its mastery an exceptional degree of understanding is required. For it is not enough any longer to be able to play the game well; but the question is again and again: what sort of game is to be played now anyway?
Ludwig WittgensteinIs my understanding only blindness to my own lack of understanding? It often seems so to me.
Ludwig WittgensteinI am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that thatโs a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isnโt insane. We are only doing philosophy.
Ludwig Wittgenstein