So what about the #rhinoceros? "The story goes that #Russell made a semblance of looking under the table in order to coax Wittgenstein to admit its non-existence, although we do not know for a fact if he also checked to see whether the rhinoceros might be perching on the mantelpiece, hanging from the ceiling light, or had taken refuge behind a curtain. #wittgenstein apparently held his ground, on the basis that one cannot prove a negative. It is a highly suggestive and revealing story of what one might call a particularly elusive ‘philosophical #unicorn,. #impossibilityofproovingthenegative His monoceros, through the further elucidating contributions of Pliny the Elder,would become the basis of the natural history of the rhinocerotidae, and engender the more metaphysical legends of the unicorn. The Vienna Circle [was] a formidably feisty, eminently irreverent, impalpably pluralistic and exponentially influential group that strove to shake the very foundations not only of science and thought, but of existence itself.” Source : http://bookanista.com/rhinoceros-room/ Enjoy! :)) My #rhinocerus is quite there 🐣 50x70 cm acrylic on cardboard. #hohlikco #hohlik #newcontemporary #figurative #popsurrealism #artbrut #abstractconcepts #philosophy #mathematiscs #kunstwerk #artistsofinstagram #molotowmarkers #artcurators #symbolism #rhino and also big ups to #Dürer 🙏💚 (hier: Vienna) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRIDnACLCBQ/?utm_medium=tumblr