Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes


When I am furious about something, I sometimes beat the ground or a tree with my walking stick. But I certainly do not believe that the ground is to blame or that my beating can help anything... And all rites are of this kind.


Citations

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough." Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951, edited by James C. Klagge and Alfred Nordmann, Hackett Publishing, 1993, p. 137.

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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.