Famously Said Random quote

People/Ludwig Wittgenstein/Quote

Ludwig Wittgenstein1889–1951

Ludwig Wittgenstein on knowledge

The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Blue Book (c. 1931–1935; published 1965), p. 45

Quote and source from Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Knowledge Philosophy

More from Ludwig Wittgenstein

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
An entire mythology is stored within our language.
Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993), Ch. 7: Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough, p. 133
- Talking

All 43 quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein

More about knowledge

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates470–399 BC
Information is not knowledge.
?UnattributedOften credited to Albert Einstein
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Socrates470–399 BCII: xxxi. Original Greek: ἓν μόνον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι, τὴν ἐπιστήμην, καὶ ἓν μόνον κακόν, τὴν ἀμαθίαν
- Good & Evil

All 236 quotes about knowledge