“All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought.”
Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) American teacher and writer
Source: The Greek Way (1930), Ch. 1
“The aim of the book is to set a limit to thought, or rather — not to thought, but to the expression of thoughts: for in order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i. e. we should have to be able to think what cannot be thought).
It will therefore only be in language that the limit can be set, and what lies on the other side of the limit will simply be nonsense.”
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1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
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“There is one grand lie -
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“Turn off thoughts, limit the stimulus and commitment to achieve your goals.”
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Original: (it) Spegni i pensieri, limitano lo stimolo e l'impegno per raggiungere le tue mete.
Source: prevale.net