Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Our Craving For Generality Has [as One] Source ... Our Preoccupation With The Method Of Science. I Mean The Method Of Reducing The Explanation Of Natural Phenomena To The Smallest Possible Number Of Primitive Natural Laws; And, In Mathematics, Of Unifying The Treatment Of Different Topics By Using A Generalization. Philosophers Constantly See The Method Of Science Before Their Eyes, And Are Irresistibly Tempted To Ask And Answer In The Way Science Does. This Tendency Is The Real Source Of Metaphysics, And Leads The Philosopher Into Complete Darkness. I Want To Say Here That It Can Never Be Our Job To Reduce Anything To Anything, Or To Explain Anything. Philosophy Really Is Purely Descriptive.

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