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Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
Aphorist
Architectural Theoretician
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Logician
Mathematician
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Language
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Vienna
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