Robert Charles Wilson book Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
Source: Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America (2009), p. 368
“I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein, book On Certainty
Source: On Certainty
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Austrian-British philosopher 1889–1951Related quotes
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