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If you use a trick in logic, whom can you be tricking other than yourself?

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
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Philosopher
Philosopher Of Language
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Vienna
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