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Austrian Philosopher April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951

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Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "A serious and good philosophical work could be written..."
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. Ludwig Wittgenstein
In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair; disposing of it by means of another question is not. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your..."
This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time. 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
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: "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
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Most of the propositions and questions to be found in..."
Most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas,..."
The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The philosophical I is not the man, not the human body or the human soul of which psychology treats, but the metaphysical subject, the limit -not a part of the world.[...]If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophers are often like little children, who first scribble random lines on a piece of paper with their pencils, and now ask an adult 'What is that? Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy..."
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about."
A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a..."
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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