Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes on Clarity
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The whole sense of the book might be summed up the following words: what can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
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Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in 'philosophical propositions', but rather in the clarification of propositions. Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries. (4.112)
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The problems are dissolved in the actual sense of the word - like a lump of sugar in water. (p.183)
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. #109
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What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use. #116
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What we are destroying is nothing but houses of cards and we are clearing up the ground of language on which they stood. #118
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Your questions refer to words; so I have to talk about words. #120
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My aim is: to teach you to pass from a piece of disguised nonsense to something that is patent nonsense. (464)
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Kierkegaard writes: If Christianity were so easy and cozy, why should God in his Scriptures have set Heaven and Earth in motion and threatened eternal punishments? - Question: But then in that case why is this Scriptures so unclear? (p. 31e)
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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 it. (p. 42e)