Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Quotes

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.

Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

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

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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