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Don't think, but look! (PI 66)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
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The totality of facts determines both what is the case, and also all that is not the case.
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