Two unrelated philosophical quotes
Ludwig Wittgenstein, in the latter half of his career, offered this advice to philosophers who want to understand how words are used:
"Don't think but look!"
"...when investigating meaning, the philosopher must 'look and see' the variety of uses to which the word is put."
-- Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar in their article on Wittgenstein in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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I know little about Wittgenstein, and even less about Wilhelm Dilthey, but both have me intrigued lately.
Dilthey drew a distinction between natural science and (what is sometimes called) human science with this quote:
"We explain nature, humans we must understand."
Read a detailed article on Dilthey here.