Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher born in 1889 who gave away his fortune and twice redrew the map of philosophy. His Tractatus set language limits; his Philosophical Investigations dismantled his own framework.

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Source: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 命題7Verified

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Other Quotes

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

The meaning of a word is its use in the language.

The world is everything that is the case.

Tell them I've had a wonderful life.

Related Quotes

The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

-- Laozi

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is everything that is the case.

-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music is the silence between the notes.

-- Claude Debussy