Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austro-British philosopher
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher associated with logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is known for work that shaped twentieth-century philosophical debate, especially in these fields. His writing centers on how language works, how thought is expressed, and the foundations of reasoning and meaning.
More from Ludwig Wittgenstein (113 quotes) →Keep reading Ludwig Wittgenstein
- “One interesting thing is the idea that people have of a kind of science of Aesthetics. I would almost like to…”Ludwig Wittgenstein
- “Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.”Ludwig Wittgenstein
- “Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.”Ludwig Wittgenstein
- “For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules-- it hasn't been taught to us by…”Ludwig Wittgenstein
Explore Science
- “Science has not solved problems, only shifted the points of problems.”Charles Henry Parkhurst
- “I'm a bit of a geek, actually. So I always wanted my first film to be science fiction.”Duncan Jones
- “I happen to know this, and I happen to know that, and maybe I know that;and I work everything out from there.…”Richard Feynman
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus logico-philosophicus
1921
Zettel
1967
Philosophische Untersuchungen
1953
Über Gewissheit
1972