Ineffability : Ineffable
To say that something is "Ineffable" means that it is unspeakable.
- "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Things that are said to be unspeakable include:
- The Tetragrammaton (by orthodox Jewish tradition)
- The nature of qualia
- The nature of many spiritual experiences
We had constructed a fence of
and, as the argument had become hot, the Arabs expressed their
were to be left alone, unless they could persuade other men of
once proceeded to saddle their camels for an immediate start.
rifle, and cocked both barrels as I sat within ten yards of the
several had mounted their camels. "Good bye," I said; "give my
camel that passes the zareeba (camp) I shall shoot through the
remembered the firing of the grass on a former occasion when I
Taher Noor now came forward as mediators, and begged me not to
demand conditionally, that the Arabs should dismount and unsaddle
responsible for the value of the camels should they be stolen in
sitting in the evening beneath our trees in the river's.
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