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All mathematics is tautology.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
Aphorist
Architectural Theoretician
Epistemologist
Logician
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Philosopher
Philosopher Of Language
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Vienna
Austria
Tautology
Mathematics

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