What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather held fast by what lies around it. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather held fast by what lies around it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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