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Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
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It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.
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