quinta-feira, setembro 14, 2006

Wittgenstein sobre a importância do contexto

A coronation is the picture of pomp and dignity. Cut one minute of this proceeding out of its surroundings: the crown is being placed on the head of the king in his coronation robes.—But in different surroundings gold is the cheapest of metals, its gleam is thought vulgar. There the fabric of the robe is cheap to produce. A crown is a parody of a respectable hat. And so on. ( PI, 584)

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Anônimo disse...

Isso tem a ver com a afirmação de Wittgenstein que uma boca somente sorri num rosto humano.