It’s not how the world is, but that it is, that is cause for astonishment.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEINThat of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence.
More Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
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Language disguises thought.
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To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life.
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This is how philosophers should salute each other, Take your time.
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Nothing in the visual field allows you to infer that it is seen by an eye.
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There can never be surprises in logic.
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Religion as madness is a madness springing from irreligiousness.
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A logical picture of facts is a thought.
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Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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How small a thought it takes to fill a life.
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Only describe, don’t explain.
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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
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Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgment.
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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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Logic takes care of itself, all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
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Our life is endless in the way that our visual field is without limit.
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You can’t think decently if you’re not willing to hurt yourself.
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I want to say- We use judgments as principles of judgement.
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Genius is talent exercised with courage.
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The face is the soul of the body.
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If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
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Hell isn’t other people. Hell is yourself.
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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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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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