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Ethics and aesthetics are one.

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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Logician
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Philosopher Of Language
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Vienna
Austria
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In the world everything is as it is and happens as it does happen. In it, there is no value, - and if there were, it would be of no value.
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