The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt.

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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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