More from Ludwig Wittgenstein

  1. When I am furious about something, I sometimes beat the ground or a tree with my walking stick. But I certainly do not believe that the gro…
  2. I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that's a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Som…
  3. His explanations of primitive practices are much cruder than the meaning of these practices themselves. (p. 131)
  4. 'Tell them I've had a wonderful life' (p. 579)
  5. The ceremonial (hot or cold) as opposed to the haphazard (lukewarm) characterizes piety. (p. 127)
  6. A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public…
  7. Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. (…
  8. A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.

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