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Philosophical
Investigations.
"
. . .
Thought
can be of what is not the case. . .
. . . Its essence, logic, presents an order, in fact the
a
priori order of the world: that is, the order of
possibilities, which must be common to both world and
thought. But this order, it seems,
must be utterly
simple. It is prior to all experience, must run through
all experience . . ."1a*
"Philosophy
simply puts everything before us, and neither explains nor deduces
anything. -- Since everything lies open to view there is nothing
to explain. For what is hidden, for example, is of no interest to
us. . .
The aspects of things that are most important for us are
hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.
(One is unable to notice something -- ecause it is always before
one's eyes.)"1b
"When I obey a rule, I do
not choose.
I obey the rule blindly."1c*
"(Lying is
a language-game that needs to be learned like any other
one.)"1d
"Does man think
. . . because he has found that thinking pays?
-- Because
he thinks it advantageous to think?"1e
"The character of the
belief in the uniformity of nature can perhaps be seen
most clearly in the case in which we fear what we expect.
Nothing could induce me to put my hand into a flame -- although after
all it is only in the past that I have burnt myself.
The belief that fire will burn me is of the same kind as the fear
that it will burn me.
I shall get burnt if I put my hand in the fire: that is
certainty. . ."1f*
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