10 Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes on Clarity

Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes on clarity

13. 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.

19. 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)

43. The problems are dissolved in the actual sense of the word - like a lump of sugar in water. (p.183)

47. Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. #109

48. What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use. #116

49. What we are destroying is nothing but houses of cards and we are clearing up the ground of language on which they stood. #118

50. Your questions refer to words; so I have to talk about words. #120

54. My aim is: to teach you to pass from a piece of disguised nonsense to something that is patent nonsense. (464)

77. 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)

84. 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)