There is a truth in Schopenhauer’s view that philosophy is an organism, and that a book on philosophy, with a beginning and end, is a sort of contradiction.... In philosophy matters are not simple enough for us to say ‘Let’s get a rough idea’, for we do not know the country except by knowing the connections between the roads. Ludwig Wittgenstein
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A quote that I love is by Friedrich Nietzsche. It says that in philosophy matters are not simple enough for us to say ‘Let’s get a rough idea’, for we do not know the country except by knowing the connections between the roads. These words say that there is no reason to fully understand where you are going; you must always be on your way. You cannot fully understand what is happening even if you try to. This shows you how complex life really is and how much one can learn from it.

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