The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEINIt’s not how the world is, but that it is, that is cause for astonishment.
More Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
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To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life.
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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
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Only describe, don’t explain.
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Roughly speaking: objects are colorless.
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If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
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The meaning of a word is its use in the language.
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I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.
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An entire mythology is stored within our language.
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In art, it is hard to say anything as good as saying nothing.
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Just improve yourself; that is the only thing you can do to better the world.
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I am my world.
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Logic takes care of itself, all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
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Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery.
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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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