Logic and its ramifications

As I struggled through the words of Wittgenstein and the comments and opinions of Wittgenstein's admirers and detractors, the following thoughts, by no means true nor profound nor original, came to me. They are not in any order. I have to write them very fast, otherwise they would disappear:

1. Logic is the foundation of this world, this universe. There is a fundamental reason for its existence. We humans just don't know it yet.

2. We think/reason mostly in language. Language has a logic/structure/syntax/ to it. Language contains symbols. Man is a user of symbols. But the language we use in every day social discourse has limitations. More about this later (see Russell's introductory essay to Wittgenstein's Tractatus).

3. There is a hierarchy in language users. The below can't really quite understand the above. The stupid can't break out of their prison of stupidity. They self-project their stupid and limited understanding onto the thinking of others, especially those higher than them in intelligence, and onto the affairs of the world. The tragedy is that they are not even aware they are stupid even if overwhelming evidence tells them so. They are into deep denial. 

4. Math is language. Nothing new here. Math is part of logic, not the other way around. Yet the logic we know and practice everyday is the Aristotelean logic which is flawed and being replaced by mathematical logic which is known only by the intellectually aware. This mathematical logic was pioneered by Frege and independently by Russell, and further refined by Wittgenstein. But Wittgenstein went beyond mathematical logic. He extrapolated into the realms of philosophy and the limitations of language. He was a mystic strongly affected by religious thoughts and known for strongly invoking the notion of God, despite his pronouncement he stopped believing in the existence of a Personal God since high school days. 

5. Russell expressed himself in limpid, crystal clear prose, but he lacked the poetic, arresting metaphors employed by Wittgenstein. Both didn't write poetry, a very symbolic language, although both worked in symbols, logic, and language. Therein lies the mystery of poetry. To be a poet is to be in touch of that mystery and with the wonder of language as a vehicle to express the mystery. 

 6. Rhetoric is part of logic, the applied principles of clear thinking in language. An individual should not get into a debate if he doesn't have a groundwork in rhetoric. 

7.  Buddha and the founders of Zen Buddhism recognized the limitations of language in conveying philosophical/religious insights. In trying to understand another human, we must go beyond the lexical meanings of the words he uses. We must put ourselves in his shoes. We must have empathy. We must not be a slave of dictionaries. 

8. If you think you are super-intelligent, try to read Wittgenstein without exegetical help.