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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at…

Quote byLudwig Wittgenstein · 1889–1951

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993), Ch. 7: Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 123.

English (original)

Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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