Vol. 2, Ch. 14, § 164
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
“The world is the totality of facts, not things.”
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Original German: Die Welt ist die Gesamtheit der Tatsachen, nicht der Dinge
1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
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4. GETTING A NUCLEAR ARM to deter with.
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6. Stopping the GOVERNMENT from crawling up our pipes and listening to all we say.
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I sail as the winds of lusts and emotions bare me. Everywhere and anywhere. I who will never own, whatever and whenever I want, I take.