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Results of search for Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Page 1 of 1
Showing results 1 to 9 of 9 total quotations found.

Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)

Results from Classic Quotes:

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951), Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951), Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)

Results from Cole's Quotables:

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
If it is true that words have meanings, why don't we throw away words and keep just the meanings?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein via Anatol Holt

Results from Contributed Quotations:

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
Results of search for Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Page 1 of 1
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