Saturday, April 26, 2008

Happy Wittgenstein Day!

On April 26th, 1889, Wittgenstein was born in Vienna. Until today becomes a nationally recognized holiday, you can celebrate on your own in one or more of the following ways:

- Emit an inarticulate sound, and then describe the language-game in which it has a meaning.
- Threaten a philosophical rival with a fire poker.
- Recognize all propositions of philosophy as senseless, transcend them, and then see the world aright.
- Physically and emotionally abuse Austrian schoolchildren.
- Seduce a student of the same sex. Weep when s/he leaves you and/or dies tragically young.
- Go to your friend's house in the middle of the night, wake him up, and make him repeat his philosophy lecture to you.
- Eat Duck-Rabbit.
- Solve all problems of philosophy twice.

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