Hugo to Slick and Georges, Act 3, sc. 2
Dirty Hands (1948)
“When I obey a rule, I do not choose.
I obey the rule blindly.”
§ 219
Philosophical Investigations (1953)
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I obey the rule blindly." by Ludwig Wittgenstein?
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