Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers Quotes

“The danger of academic life, thought Wittgenstein, is that we are encouraged to go on talking even when we know in our hearts that we have nothing valuable to say.”
― Carl Elliott, Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics

“We are led into philosophical confusion, thought Wittgenstein, by seeking explanations at times when we should instead simply stop and say, “This is how things are.”
― Carl Elliott, Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics