A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Philosophers are often like little children, who first scribble random lines on a piece of paper with their pencils, and now ask… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing,… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can… — 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
