Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"Language is a tool. Its meaning is its use."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations·Buy on Amazon

"A man will be imprisoned in a room with an open door."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"Logic is the foundation of all philosophy."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"The world is all that is the case."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"A picture held us captive."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations·Buy on Amazon

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations·Buy on Amazon

"Only the mythology of science stands in the way of philosophy."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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