Intellectual Beings

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“Wittgenstein imagined that the philosopher was like a therapist whose task was to put problems finally to rest, and to cure us of being bewitched by them. So we are told to stop, to shut off lines of inquiry, not to find things puzzling nor to seek explanations. This is intellectual suicide.”
—Simon Blackburn (b. 1944)

“...what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 16:15.