Cries, false substitutes and expressions in image

Abstract Cries, false substitutes and expressions in image I would like to begin by telling you how I see Wittgenstein in relationship to philosophy. For me, philosophy is a contemplative activity that restraints itself by considering the very act of falling into oneself conceptually. In order to become a human being, no matter how old one is, no matter when one does it, all of us must fall into ourselves some day. But not all human beings make the falling into oneself their own conceptual object; no, only those who have dedicated their time to that which came to be known as philosophy. Even though falling into oneself is something that people do take in consideration in the arts (in the sciences, this is done more indirectly), it is not restricted to the concept. In arts and in poetry the concept is not only taken in consideration but it is also realized and produced, and because of this it becomes immediately subsumed in its very expression. In philosophy, this conceptual consideration is likely to become an expression as well, and therefore, as we well know, it has turned into a literary genre.