Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgensteinwas an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929 to 1947, Wittgenstein taught at the University of Cambridge. During his lifetime he published just one slim book, the 75-page Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one article, one book review and a children's dictionary. His voluminous manuscripts were edited and published posthumously. Philosophical Investigations appeared as a book in 1953, and has since come to be...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 April 1889
CityVienna, Austria
CountryAustria
If a false thought is so much as expressed boldly and clearly, a great deal has already been gained.
If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of.
If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness.
Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.
If the will did not exist, neither would there be that centre of the world, which we call the I.
What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent
The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is
A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning.
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed ''Wisdom.'' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: ''Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.''
For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannotbe expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can beput at all, then it can also be answered.
If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done
If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.