The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Death is not an experience in life; we do not live to experience death. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
There is no criterion by which to recognize what is a color, except that it is one of our colors. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The world of those who are happy is different from the world of those who are not. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Philosophy just puts everything before us, and neither explains nor deduces anything.-Since everything lies open to view there is nothing to explain — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Architecture immortalizes and glorifies something. Hence there can be no architecture where there is nothing to glorify. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
We find certains things about seeing puzzling, because we do not find the whole business of seeing puzzling enough. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I won't say 'See you tomorrow' because that would be like predicting the future, and I'm pretty sure I can't do that. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly. Ludwig Wittgenstein — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
There are, indeed, things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“But some of the greatest achievements in philosophy could only be compared with taking up some books which seemed to belong together, and putting… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
“This is connected with the conception of naming as a process that is, so to speak, occult. Naming seems to be a _strange_ connection… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
Freud's fanciful pseudo-explanations (precisely because they are brilliant) perform a disservice. Now any ass has these pictures available to use in "explaining" symptoms of… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
A teacher who can show good, or indeed astounding results while he is teaching, is still not on that account a good teacher, for… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
Where does our investigation get its importance from, since it seems only to destroy everything interesting, that is, all that is great and important?… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
“It is clear that ethics cannot be expressed. Ethics are transcendental. (Ethics and æsthetics are one.)” — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share
