When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval chaos and feel at home there.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEINWhat can be shown, cannot be said.
More Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
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Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
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At the core of all well-founded beliefs lies belief that is unfounded.
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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
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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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Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything.
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This is how philosophers should salute each other, Take your time.
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An entire mythology is stored within our language.
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Ideas too sometimes fall from the tree before they are ripe.
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That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence.
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Genius is talent exercised with courage.
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The limits of your language are the limits of your world.
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Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgment.
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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
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