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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes about philosophy

Austrian Philosopher April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951

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But some of the greatest achievements in philosophy could only be compared with taking up some books which seemed to belong together, and putting them on different shelves; nothing more being final about their positions than that they no longer lie side by side. The onlooker who doesn’t know the difficulty of the task might well think in such a case that nothing at all had been achieved. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition. 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
There is a truth in Schopenhauer’s view that philosophy is an organism, and that a book on philosophy, with a beginning and end, is a sort of contradiction. ... In philosophy matters are not simple enough for us to say ‘Let’s get a rough idea’, for we do not know the country except by knowing the connections between the roads. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered? 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
[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: "What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of..."
What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the..."
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry."
Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our..."
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an..."
Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy is not a theory but an activity."
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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