„Die Welt ist durch die Tatsachen bestimmt und dadurch, dass es alle Tatsachen sind.“ (n. 1.11) #Wittgenstein #Welt #Tatsachen
„Moral philosophy, or the science of human nature, may be treated after two different manners; each of which has its peculiar merit, and may contribute to the entertainment, instruction, and reformation of mankind.“ (p. 6) #Hume #MoralPhilosophy #HumanNature
„Für Rousseau steht der Begriff der Kindheit immer in einem Verhältnis zum Zeichen. Genauer: Die Kindheit ist das Nicht-Verhältnis zum Zeichen als solchem.“ (p. 350) #Derrida #Rousseau #Kindheit #Zeichen
„The notion of necessity, which is often associated with determinism, is a confused notion not legitimately deducible from determinism. Three meanings are commonly confounded when necessity is spoken of:—
(α) An action is necessary when it will be performed however much the agent may wish to do otherwise. Determinism does not imply that actions are necessary in this sense.
(β) A propositional function is necessary when all its values are true. This sense is not relevant to our present discussion.
(γ) A proposition is necessary with respect to a given constituent when it is the value, with that constituent as argument, of a necessary propositional function, in other words, when it remains true however that constituent may be varied. In this sense, in a deterministic system, the connection of a volition with its determinants is necessary, if the time at which the determinants occur be taken as the constituent to be varied, the time-interval between the determinants and the volition being kept constant. But this sense of necessity is purely logical, and has no emotional importance.“ (p. 368) #Russell #necessity
„Daß wir je schon in einem Seinsverständnis leben und der Sinn von Sein zugleich in Dunkel gehüllt ist, beweist die grundsätzliche Notwendigkeit, die Frage nach dem Sinn von »Sein« zu wiederholen.“ (p. 4) #Heidegger #SinnVonSein