Language Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein Download Open image “Elementary propositions consist of names.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Language Logic Names Propositions
“An example of this is, when the simple propositions are connected by the particle or; as, either A is B or C is D;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The fundamental principle in the analysis of propositions containing descriptions is this: Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly of constituents… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“When we predicate of any thing an abstract name, we affirm of the thing that it is one or other of these five things;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them--as steps--to… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical — Kenzo Tange Copy Share Image
“Any proposition containing the word "is" creates a linguistic structural confusion which will eventually give birth to serious fallacies.” — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Far from being antecedent principles that animate the process, law, language, truth are but abstract names for its results. — William James Copy Share Image
A pair of statements may be taken conjunctively or disjunctively; for example, "It lightens and it thunders ," is conjunctive, "It lightens or it… — Charles Sanders Peirce 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial… — Ted Martinez Copy Share Image
Usually male directors have to use foul language to get the job done. But I never came down to that level as being a… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
You're beautiful, cute, pretty, gorgeous, and fuck.. I ran out of words. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The words for what I want to say right now don't exist. Everything sounds…so cliché.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Words can kill you trust towards someone, mind you language people, every reaction had its consequence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
