"In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a q..." - disposing of it by means of another question is not.

In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair

— disposing of it by means of another question is not.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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