/lit/ - Literature

>The British philosopher Bertrand Russell, though held to be one of the 20th century's premier logicians, failed to fully recognize the true nature of the three classical laws of thought, as is evidenced by his statement: “The name 'laws of thought' is also misleading, for what is important is not the fact that we think in accordance with these laws, but the fact that things behave in accordance with them; in other words, the fact that when we think in accordance with them we think truly.” Like so many others, Russell employed the laws without truly understanding that they are linguistic principles, and that they do not concern the behaviour of things, but what may be rightfully predicated of things. For even if things did not behave accordingly, we would still require the laws of thought in order that our thoughts or discourse be intelligible.

Thoughts?

Let's talk about learning new languages. Currently trying to pick up Spanish and I'm having trouble with this sentence, can any friendly Spanish speakers help me out?

>la dificultad para adquirirlas las convirtió, incluso, en materiales preciosos

I've looked up what each individual term means but I'm having trouble putting the whole sentence together.

If you had to choose a mantra, a single statement of philosophic intent that describes how you wish to live your life or how you view life, what would it be? It can be a quote or a personal statement.