Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes


I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.


Citations

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. On Certainty. Edited by G. E. M. Anscombe and G. H. von Wright, translated by Denis Paul and G. E. M. Anscombe, Harper & Row, 1969, p. 25e.

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Few politicians in modern times have been so sure that they were not wrong about major policies and programs, and very few have actually been so wrong as history has shown him to be. See Otis Singetary’s great quotation on leaders and doubt -- {638385} .


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.