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We have got onto slippery ice where there is no friction and so in a certain sense the conditions are ideal, but also, just because of that, we are unable to walk. We want to walk so we need friction. Back to the rough ground!

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), British (Austrian born) philosopher. Philosophical Investigations, part I, 107 (1953).

Working in an ideal language, or with an ideal logic, makes it impossible to make progress with our problems.

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