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The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
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Architectural Theoretician
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Philosopher Of Language
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Vienna
Austria
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