P's Simpsons Appearance

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A previously unknown proposition - 6.531 - to LW's _Tractatus_ found! 


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6.53 The correct method in philosophy would really be the following: to say
nothing except what can be said, i.e. propositions of natural science — i.e.
something that has nothing to do with philosophy — and then, whenever someone
else wanted to say something metaphysical, to demonstrate to him that he had
failed to give a meaning to certain signs in his propositions. Although it
would not be satisfying to the other person — he would not have the feeling
that we were teaching him philosophy — this method would be the only strictly
correct one.

6.531 This someone else may come to us saying metaphysical propositions as 'To
download an episode of the Simpsons, install one of the Gnutella programs
(LimeWire, BearShare, Gnucleus, Shareaza, Phex, XoloX etc.) and enter suitable
keywords to find the proper file.'   

6.54 My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally
recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on them,
over them. (He must so to speak throw away the ladder, after he has climbed up
on it.)

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