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Ludwig Wittgenstein — Portrait after a picture by Moritz Nähr (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician

1889–1951

43 quotes, most often on Philosophy, Talking and Knowledge.

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Culture and Value (1980), p. 42e
- Thinking
Ambition is the death of thought.
Culture and Value (1980), p. 77e
- Motivation & Goals
- Thinking
If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty.
On Certainty (1969), 115
- Thinking

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