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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian Philosopher
Born: Apr 26, 1889
Died: Apr 29, 1951
Language Logic Nothing Our Will World
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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein
People Nothing Would Silly Silly Things Never Intelligent Get Did Done Ever Things
The human body is the best picture of the human soul. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Fitness Best Soul Picture Best Picture Human Human Body Body Human Soul
Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Reality Language Thought Harmony Everything Between Like Metaphysical Grammar Found
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Speak Must Silent Cannot Thereof
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. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Life Death Experience Live Those Temporal Take Timelessness Duration Infinite Eternal Eternal Life Mean Eternity Then Who Event Present Belongs
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. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man Will Long Unlocked Rather Push Opens Him Does Occur Imprisoned Than Door Room Pull
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Enjoy Ourselves Pretty Know Sure Order Why Here
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Battle Intelligence Language Our Philosophy Against Means
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Achieve Nothing Everything Philosophy Lock Adjustment Seems Only Open Combination Like Safe Does Trying Door Place Little Each
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Work Good Jokes Philosophical Consisting Entirely Could Written Serious
Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Heights Down Valleys Stay Silliness Never Come Cleverness Up Green Barren
For a truly religious man nothing is tragic. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man Nothing Religious Religious Man Truly Tragic
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wisdom Me Culture Chapter Every Exactly Exactly What Follow Vanity Seems Headed Come Know Going Then Across
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Nothing Difficult Oneself Deceiving
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Life Good Nature Sit Bad Good Nature Only Horse Thrown Like Am Off Very Owe Moment Rider
The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Truth World Logic Prior Falsehood
The world is the totality of facts, not of things. Ludwig Wittgenstein
World Totality Facts Things
A confession has to be part of your new life. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Life Confession New Life Part New Your
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy Theory Activity
A nothing will serve just as well as a something about which nothing could be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Will Nothing About Something Could Well Said Just Which Serve
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Care Logic See Takes Look Does How Itself
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
You Language Pain Concept Learned
Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental. Ludwig Wittgenstein
World Logic Doctrine Transcendental Body
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. Ludwig Wittgenstein
You Dangerous Resting Laurels Off Walking Snow Die Your Sleep
A picture is a fact. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Picture Fact
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Behavior Language Unknown System Reference Common Which Mankind Means Interpret
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