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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes

Austrian Philosopher April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951

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Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Hegel seems to me to be always wanting to say that things which look different are really the same. Whereas my interest is in showing that things which look the same are really different. I was thinking of using as a motto for my book a quotation from King Lear: 'I’ll teach you differences'. ... 'You’d be surprised' wouldn’t be a bad motto either. Ludwig Wittgenstein
If anyone is unwilling to descend into himself, because this is too painful, he will remain superficial in his writing. . . If I perform to myself, then it’s this that the style expresses. And then the style cannot be my own. If you are unwilling to know what you are, your writing is a form of deceit. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples...."
Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to notice something because it is always before one’s eyes.) The real foundations of his enquiry do not strike a man at all Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how music should be played. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "You can't think decently if you're not willing to hurt yourself"
You can't think decently if you're not willing to hurt yourself Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval..."
When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval chaos and feel at home there. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you..."
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. Ludwig Wittgenstein
[Philosophy] must set limits to what can be thought; and, in doing so, to what cannot be thought. It must set limits to what cannot be thought by working outwards through what can be thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language."
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are..."
This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put..."
Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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