An Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking ideas to
philosophy, mainly in the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of
mathematics, and especially the philosophy of language. His influence has been
wide-ranging, placing him among the most significant philosophers of the 20th century.
He is regarded by some professionals as the most important philosopher since
Immanuel Kant. With time, his theories began to transform twentieth-century philosophy.
Raised in a prominent Viennese family, Ludwig Wittgenstein studied
engineering in Germany and England, but became interested in the foundations of mathematics
and pursued philosophical studies before entering the Austrian army
during World War I.
Wittgenstein argued to be an avoidable mistake that had caused great difficulties in the
philosophy of mind. His views on this issue were a significant influence on Ryle and others.
In his later work, Wittgenstein applied this method of analysis to philosophical problems
related to epistemology, mathematics, and ethics.
(1889 - 1951)
Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over
the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The
one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring
itself into question.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There
are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated
in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being
a religious ceremony.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
He was a German Prussian philosopher, generally regarded as the last major philosopher of the Enlightenment period, having a
major impact on the Romantic and Idealist philosophies of the 19th Century, and as one of history's most influential thinkers.
Most famous are his ideas on transcendental idealism that we bring innate forms and concepts to the raw experience of the unknowable
world, Known as a solitary man, he was considered a very sociable person who regularly had guests over for dinner, insisting
that sociable company was good for his constitution, as was laughter. Kant was a respected and competent university professor
for most of his life, Kant's philosophy of nature and human nature was both immediately controversial and very durable in its influence.
(1724-1804)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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