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Elementary propositions consist of names.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
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Philosopher Of Language
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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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To think that you are not following a rule is to follow a rule.
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I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.
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If suicide is allowed then everything is allowed. If anything is not allowed then suicide is not allowed. This throws a light on the nature of ethics, for suicide is, so to speak, the elementary sin. And when one investigates it it is like investigating mercury vapour in order to comprehend the nature of vapours.
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This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business.
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The world divides into facts.
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Always get rid of theory private object in this way: assume that it constantly changes, but that you do not notice the change because your memory constantly deceives you.
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In order to draw a limit to thinking, we should have to think both sides of this limit.
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We find certains things about seeing puzzling, because we do not find the whole business of seeing puzzling enough.
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For life in the present there is no death. Death is not an event in life. It is not a fact in the world.
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Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything.
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What can be shown, cannot be said.
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