Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes


A nothing will serve just as well as a something about which nothing could be said.


Citations

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations. Translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, Macmillan, 1953, p. 102e.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Born: April 26, 1889
  • Died: April 29, 1951
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • Profession: Philosopher

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.