Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes - page 9

The aim of philosophy is to erect a wall at the point where language stops anyway. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
The way you use the word "God" does not show whom you mean - but, rather, what you mean. View quote
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But if you say: "How am I to know what he means, when I see nothing but the signs he gives?" then I say: "How is he to know what he means, when he has nothing but the signs either?" View quote
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Kierkegaard writes: If Christianity were so easy and cozy, why should God in his Scriptures have set Heaven and Earth in motion and threatened eternal punishments? - Question: But then in that case why is this Scriptures so unclear? View quote
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The world and life are one. View quote
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Does man think because he has found that thinking pays? Does he bring his children up because he has found it pays? View quote
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It is not by recognizing the want of courage in someone else that you acquire courage yourself.. View quote
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Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. View quote
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Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. View quote
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An inner process stands in need of outward criteria. View quote
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When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
A picture is a model of reality. View quote
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There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap. View quote
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The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. View quote
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The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. View quote
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Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. View quote
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Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic. View quote
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The thought is the significant proposition. View quote
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Scepticism is not irrefutable, but obviously nonsensical, when it tries to raise doubts where no questions can be asked. For doubt can exist only where a question exists, a question only where an answer exists, and an answer only where something can be said. View quote
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For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules - it hasn't been taught us by means of strict rules, either. View quote
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Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory; it makes these views look like errors. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them. View quote
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Words are deeds. View quote
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Philosophy hasn't made any progress?-If someone scratches where it itches, do we have to see progress? Is it not genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching? View quote
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You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. View quote
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