**Title** 202011011556 Sometimes can we just accept that certain things are a paradox **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language **If it can be explained, then it's not a paradox. But sometimes, we just cannot explain why certain things is, it is a paradox. Can we just accept that is that?** **Reference** Paradoxes need not result in despair. If we understand the limits of our language and do not confuse them with our limitations, then we may come to see that what we experience may not need interpretation. We can trust it. This thought can lead to wonder. A tradition going back at least as far as Plato and Aristotle holds that the source of philosophy is wonder and astonishment (Aristotle, n.d., para. 982b10). Wittgenstein was part of this tradition. He spoke of ‘wonder at the existence of the world’ (PO, p. 41), ‘puzzlement’ or ‘puzzles’ (LWI, para. 1094–6), ‘agitation’ (BT, p. 416), ‘disquiet’ (Z, para. 44l, BT, p. 431), and ‘seeing the world as a miracle’ (PO, p. 43)..... Wonder may happen when we are struck by something but have run out of understanding or explanations and can think of no set of answers or a grand theory into which it fits.- page 30 [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Chapter 2. The paradox of despair Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**